A 25-year-old single female comes to the gynecologist's office for a follow-up visit related to her abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap) smear.The test revealed that the patient has human papillomavirus (HPV) .The patient asks,"What is that? Can you get rid of it?" What is the basis for the nurses' response?
A) Provide reassurance that it can be frozen and it will fall off.
B) Explain that HPV stands for "human papillomavirus" and is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) .
C) Explain that HPV is a type of early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is usually fatal.
D) Explain transmission from the current partner,who needs to be tested as well.
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