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Can one get genital warts without ever having any sort of sexual contact at all?

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Yes possible: But most of the times, of course not all of the times, genital warts are due to sexual contact , as the transmission is by virus ( hpv ) can get transmitted by non sexual means also.

Dr Rhoads and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 6/25/2020

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