This concise, double-side card teaches readers that genital warts are an incurable infection caused by the human papiloma virus, that most infections occur in men and women between 20 and 24 years old, and that 5.5 million new cases occur each year.
It notes that the infection can be transmitted through all forms of sex, and by any skin to skin contact, so that condoms offer only limited protection.
The signs and symptoms of infection are described, and women are warned that HPV can be a precursor to cervical cancer.
Avoiding all sexual contact and limiting sex to one uninfected partner are the recommended prevention strategies, though condom use is advocated for the limited protection it offers.
