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Do i get hpv by giving oral to infected person or by receiving oral from infected person? and does this mean that the infection goes both to your mouth and genitals at the same time?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Oral HPV occurs but much less frequent than genital. (In the US, oral HPV is about 15% as common as genital.) Even when one partner is infected, probably the virus is NOT transmitted during most episodes of oral sex, but sometimes it happens. Even more than genital HPV, most oral infections cause no symptoms or disease; throat cancer due to HPV16 is rare. Vaccine is effective prevention.

Answered 11/30/2022

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