Abstract
Background: Human papilloma virus [HPV] infection is a very common dermatological disease, as most people will experience infection during their lifetime. Objective: To find the frequency of warts among patients attending at Department of Dermatology and Venereology, in Al-Sadar Hospital in Baghdad. IRAQ. Patients and Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted during the period from the first of January to 31 of March 2021. This study included 7453 patients. Results: the percentage of patients with warts was 1171[15.71%] with the higher number and percentage in females 622 [53.12 %] than in males 549[46.88 %]. The differences among age groups were significant (P=0.03). Also the differences due to month were significant. Conclusions: There was high frequency of viral warts among patients attending at Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Al-Sadar Hospital especially at the children and young adult age groups.
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