[Genital warts and HPV vaccination].

OBJECTIVE

To present and overview of incidence of, and cost of care for, genital warts.

SUBJECT: Review.

SETTING

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Palacky University and Faculty University, Olomouc; Office gynecology and primary care centre, Brno; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles university in Prague-First Faculty of Medicine and General Faculty Hospital, Prague.

METHOD: Literature review of incidence of, and cost of care for, genital warts in some european countries, North America and Australia.

CONCLUSION

Genital warts exert a considerable impact on health services, a large proportion of which could be prevented through immunisation using the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine.