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If someone who has hpv tries on my swim suite then i wear it will i get it. she didnt know she had it at the time either i did get the gardasil vacine?

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Dr. George Klauber answered

Specializes in Pediatric Urology

You should be safe: Gardisil should protect you. Exposure of swim suit to water, if someone used it to swim, will also kill the virus.

Answered 10/23/2014

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A member asked:

If someone who has hpv tries on my swim suite then i wear it will i get it. she didnt know she had it at the time either i did get the gardasil vacine?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. George Klauber answered

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