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Can you get genital hpv from touching a towel with your hands and then your genitals?

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Dr. Jeff Livingston answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

No : HPV is not transmitted in this manner. It is transmitted via skin to skin contact.

Answered 1/10/2019

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No: Genital HPV has rather strict living requirements that mean it will die almost immediately when exposed to air/drying or other environmental factors outside the body. That makes transmission through the described process impossible.

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