not necessarily. The onset of flat warts is not all associated with gynecological HPV infection.
HPV has more than 100 genotypes and is generally a low-risk subtype.
Flat warts are usually caused by low-risk HPV infection, with common types 3 and 10 and, rarely, types 20 and 29.
Gynecological-related HPV infections involve high-risk HPV 16 and 18 (both of which are associated with 70% of cervical cancers), and may also involve high-risk HPV 31, 33, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, etc.; low-risk HPV 6, 11, and 40 infections are mainly associated with genital warts.
Although most patients with flat warts are infected with low-risk HPV, it is not excluded that female patients may also have HPV infection in the cervix.
Cervical HPV screening may be done if there is a concern about concurrent high-risk subtype HPV infection and relevant testing in gynecology is required.
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