A member asked:

I was hpv positive and pap test positive, 2 years ago, after 9 months of my first hpv positive , i was normal and hpv negative for three times. i have read body clears the virus, but also read is still there although negative. which is right?

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Clear/retained: You do clear the virus from the TRANSFERRABLE stage after the initial infection clears. However, HPV is one of a family of viruses well known to hibernate in the human body for a lifetime. It may or may not re-activate in the future. Those strains associated with cervical cancer become non-transferrable, but even then may trigger cervical cancer years or decades later as a residual effect.

Answered 9/21/2020

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