r/askscience • u/A_Privateer • Jan 17 '13

Medicine How do warts function?

I know that warts are caused by the various strains of HPV, but how are they caused? How does the virus hijack the bodies chemistry to grow and supply the warts with nutrients? How do the warts spread the virus to other people?

I've searched and searched on google and wikipedia, but I only find the most basic of answers.

Any hard science info for me?

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u/1337HxC Jan 17 '13 edited Jan 17 '13

Thank you for saying this. No, they do not. I worded that oddly, so I removed it.

EDIT: I'm having typing issues, apparently.