Although there are over a hundred types of HPV, only a few can be carcinogenic, that is, cancerous. It is only the persistent infection with certain types of HPV that causes cervical cancer.
No vairāk nekā simt CPV tipiem tikai daži ir onkogēni, tas ir, tādi, kas izraisa vēzi, un vienīgi nepārejoša šo tipu infekcija izraisa dzemdes kakla vēzi.