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Does the hpv virus enter your body through the bloodstream through non-genital areas, e.g. if you touch someone's genitals with a wounded hand?

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Only skin-to-skin: HPV transmissiont occurs only by direct contact between infected skin or mucous membrane tissues. It does not enter the bloodstream and is not known to infect wounds. I suppose that could happen, but in 40 years in the STD business I have never seen a patient with HPV of a finger, with or without skin wounds.

Answered 8/2/2016

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A member asked:

Does the hpv virus enter your body through the bloodstream through non-genital areas, e.g. if you touch someone's genitals with a wounded hand?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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