Human Papillomavirus (HPV) now is no 1 cause for genital warts in both man and woman.
Affecting number from HPV running fast and rise up.

Recent study from Dr. Gerard Wain and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MHD) reported more than 50 percent sexual activity infected by genital warts.
Dr. Gerard Wain explained, in the United Stated around 500K to 1 million genital warts cases occurs every single year and the suspicious person in advance had several medical problems such as sexual difficulties, psychological distress, financial burden and social isolation.
The data from the Health Protection Agency of UK, in United Kingdom, genital warts case from 1996-2005;
- female: > 18 percent, and
- male : > 34 percent.

From 100 different type of HPV, at least 40 type of HPV could infect the genital area and most of them did not develop visible warts.
External visible warts which is caused by HPV type-6 and Types-11 rarely could lead a cancer.
And the other types such as 16, 18,31,33,35 are strongly linked to precursor to penile cancer and pre-cancerous skin lesion of the vulva.

Using condoms and avoid multiple intimate are good way to prevent the transmission of genital warts.