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Please help me . if i touch hpv 16 or 18 infected genital and soon after smoke cigarettes with same hands without washing hands can it cause oral hpv ?

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This would be unlikely. The germ does not pass with casual contact like staph or strep germs. It appears to require a direct skin to skin transfer from infected skin to a receptive genital or oral skin surface. The mechanical contact is part of transmission. That said, we never say never in medicine. Wash your hands more often.

Answered 3/1/2023

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