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Can hpv stay on cooking utensils or objects for a long time and if so can you contract oral hpv by eating off these surfaces. like pots, pans, plates, cups or utensils?
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No. Transmission of HPV requires skin-to-skin contact.
Answered 7/16/2023
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If not in proper environment like human body and warm dry surface- the virus dies fast specially with cleansing agents are used on the objects mentioned
Answered 7/16/2023
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