1 Family Medicine, Primary Health Care Center, Mustansiriya, Baghdad, Iraq.
2 Dermologist , Al-Kindy Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq.
Received on 03 March 2023; revised on 23 April 2023; accepted on 26 April 2023
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.
Human papilloma virus; Frequency of warts; Infection rate
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Lamees Sabah Hakeem, Zainab Ghassan Lutfy and Malik Majeed Hasan. The frequency of warts among patients attending at department of dermatology and venereology, in Al-Sadar Hospital in Baghdad, IRAQ. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2023, 14(01), 256–260. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjbphs.2023.14.1.0165