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If there are no physical symptoms of hpv but there is a positive hpv found on pap smear, are they able to tell if it is an oral or genital cause?
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Genital: HPV strains are specific to their environmental needs and occupy superficial layers of tissues they invade. If HPV was evident in a pap smear testing it only got there through genital/genital contact. That does not mean there was never any oral exposure, just that local findings mean local exposure.
Answered 5/8/2018
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