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Can high risk hpv viruses be transmitted non-sexually?(eg-from mother to child,by wearing the unwashed clothes of an infected person to a healthy one,by swimming pools?

Q: can high risk hpv viruses be transmitted non-sexually?(eg-from mother to child,by wearing the unwashed clothes of an infected person to a healthy one,by swimming pools?

: The high risk HPV types are only transmitted by sex, not by environmental exposure or from mother to child in the household. Don't worry about it.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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The high risk HPV types are only transmitted by sex, not by environmental exposure or from mother to child in the household. Don't worry about it.

Dr Ferguson and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 11/27/2021

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Get vaccinated. What you described is not a way for HP virus transmission.

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A member asked:

Can high risk hpv viruses be transmitted non-sexually?(eg-from mother to child,by wearing the unwashed clothes of an infected person to a healthy one,by swimming pools?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Dr Ferguson and 2 doctors agreed

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Dr Handsfield agreed

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