HPV Virus: Kiss of Death Scare in South Africa

People in South Africa have been warned against kissing due to an outbreak of Human Papilloma, which has allegedly seen several students admitted in Johannesburg after testing positive to the disease.

HPV is an infectious viral disease which causes mouth cancer and it is transmitted through infected body fluids, and that’s why students have been warned against kissing.

The symptoms include sore throat, severe headache, high fever, vomit and abdominal pains.

“We were told that public health officers from this area are working round the clock to know the root cause of this; but we are being advised even to avoid kissing and exchanging body fluids,” a third year public health student from Johannesburg University said.