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Can you get warts (hpv viruss) from trying on clothes, bathing suits, shoes etc. in a store?
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Nope: No risk, even if the clothes were tried on by someone with a genital HPV infection. Genital HPV infection is only acquired by sex with an infected person.
Answered 11/28/2020
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