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Condoms will not protect you against this deadly virus

Sadly, it’s physically difficult to tell whether your partner has the HPV virus

Condoms have been hyped as master-protectors against sexually transmitted infections.

However, health experts are warning that in as much as condoms significantly decrease transmission rates of the most life-threatening viruses such as HIV and hepatitis B and C, it’s not foolproof.

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