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I touched a towel with my hand recently used by a lady who has high risk hpv and after 10 minutes i touched my genital with my hand can i be infected in this fashion? very worried?

Q: i touched a towel with my hand recently used by a lady who has high risk hpv and after 10 minutes i touched my genital with my hand can i be infected in this fashion? very worried?

: Very unlikely Transmission of HPV requires close tactile contact with the infected person such as sexual act.

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Very unlikely Transmission of HPV requires close tactile contact with the infected person such as sexual act.

Answered 3/27/2021

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Spread of HPV is usually by direct skin to skin contact. Fomites (towels, other inanimate surfaces) could, I guess, very rarely cause spread but this is not widely recognized and is probably infrequent.

Answered 4/3/2021

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A member asked:

I touched a towel with my hand recently used by a lady who has high risk hpv and after 10 minutes i touched my genital with my hand can i be infected in this fashion? very worried?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

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