title: [Epidemiology of genital warts in female population of Czech Republic].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of study was to evaluate prevalence of genital warts in Czech Republic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multicentric prospective observation study.
  
  
  METHODS
  HPV College.
  
  
  METHODS
  During 6 month (February 2010 - July 2010) 20 private gynaecological centers in all Czech Republic were counting up the number of genital warts cases. Risk factors, therapy and knowledges about genital warts were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 637 patients with genital warts in cohort of 70 980 patients. The prevalence of genital warts was 0.89%. The most frequent risk factor was cigarette smoking in 37%. Main strategy for treatment were podophyllin local application and cold knife excision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of genital warts in our study has shown importance for its prevention by rules of safety sex and HPV vaccination against HPV type 6 and 11.
authors.affiliation: HPV College, predseda. tfait@seznam.cz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fait
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dvořák
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skřivánek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rokyta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pilka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult