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A member asked:
How long does hpv survive outside the body. what disinfectants will kill the virus on a surface. does washing and drying your clothes kill the virus?
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Doesn't matter: You're asking the wrong question. It doesn't matter whether HPV survives away from the body, on clothing, on a surface, etc. Contact with these things never transmits the virus. Without sex or other direct skin-skin contact with an infected person, nobody ever gets HPV. So no need to worry about it.
Answered 10/11/2020
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