Fifteen-year-old Dolores was embarrassed to talk with her mother about the pain she felt in her private parts, but she was worried she might have gotten a disease, despite Nicks assurance that she was his first. Her mother insisted that Dolores see a doctor, who discovered cervical lesions caused by a virus associated with cancer.
1. What sexually transmitted virus is involved?
2. How should the physician treat the lesions?
3. How could Dolores have protected herself?
4. Which mode of transmission led to Dolores infection?
5. What condition is indicated by the presence of Dolores cervical lesions?
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