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Can you get hpv by not being sexually active. can you get it by handshaking and casual contacts?
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Not really: There are dozens of strains of HPV, but the ones associated with genital warts or cancer are not passed that way.They appear to require direct contact from one infected surface to another to transfer and do so to specific recipient tissues, not the rough and thick skin of the hand.
Answered 4/21/2017
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