11. This cancer is linked to the human papilloma virus. 12. Cervical cancer has been traced to the human papilloma virus, which also causes genital warts. 13. Developments towards a vaccine against human papilloma virus linked to cervical cancer were also welcomed. 14. Scientists know that the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus can lead, in a small fraction of cases, to cancer of the cervix. 15. The test is based on the discovery that the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus, or HPV, causes almost all cases of cervical cancer. 16. Virtually all cervical cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus, or HPV. 17. Women in Third World countries have relatively high incidences of sexually transmitted diseases, including the human papilloma virus that is a precursor to cervical cancer. 18. Researchers have previously reported the sexually transmitted papilloma virus leads to cervical cancer. |