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A member asked:
My friend has genital hpv. am at any risk of getting it myself? can you get it through small cuts in the foot or hand? like stepping on his underwear?
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Not that way: Genital hpv has preference for genital tissues. You could not get it without contact of the genital region to genitals or oral-genital, or anal-genital region. Won't spread from inanimate objects (underwear) to genitals.
Answered 6/18/2018
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