[Genital warts and HPV vaccination]

To present and overview of incidence of, and cost of care for, genital warts.

Review.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Palacky University and Faculty University, Olomouc; Office gynecology and primary care centre, Brno; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles university in Prague-First Faculty of Medicine and General Faculty Hospital, Prague.

Literature review of incidence of, and cost of care for, genital warts in some european countries, North America and Australia.

Genital warts exert a considerable impact on health services, a large proportion of which could be prevented through immunisation using the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine.