The number of cases of genital warts (condyloma accuminata, verruca accuminata) has been noted to increase tremendously on the establishment of a replacement center at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. After treating approximately 50 cases of these lesions and seeing the high incidence in the troops returning from overseas compared to civilians or soldiers from the United States, we have felt that a closer evaluation should be made. After a study of 70 men and 24 women, we are making a preliminary report because we feel the medical profession should be alerted to this problem for the reasons to be discussed. TREATMENT IN MEN Complete studies of 70 men have been carried out (fig. 1). Of these patients, 65 had been stationed in Korea and Japan, 4 had never been out of the United States, and one was in Okinawa. All 65 patients who were in the Far East admitted contact with