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Study in the journal of infectious disease demonstrated that hpv-16 showed 100%, 50%, and 30% of infectivity when dehydrated on a surface for 1, 3, and 7 days does that mean that sharing bathroom with genital warts patients may be infected with hpv?

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No worries: One can discuss with his primary care provider how to get the HPV vaccine, which is approved for both men and women. Gardasil-9 vaccine gives men and women protection against genital and anal warts, and perhaps some anal cancers. Researchers are looking for evidence that HPV vaccine even protects against some throat cancers. Keep shared bathrooms clean, for obvious reasons, not HPV.

Answered 2/28/2020

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