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I appreciate your comment. However, the CDC and American Social Health Association (which is linked to by the CDC) disagree. Because it is a virus, HPV never leaves ones system. And it is ALWAYS possible to spread it to others, even if a person has no signs or symptoms. For this information, see the following links:

http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/ and http://www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_learn_myths.cfm.

I think it is extremely dangerous to instruct people who have had HPV, especially one of the forms that cause genital warts or cancer, that it is safe for them to have unprotected sex without fear of spreading it to a partner. While this may not happen in all cases, the virus can lay dormant for months to years. So while a PAP smear may not come back abnormal after a certain amount of time due to our own bodies virus-fighting mechanisms, it is not EVER gone.

The forms that cause dysplasis especially can and do recur in some people. Same with genital warts. Anytime the immune system is compromised, there is a risk of recurrance. Misinformation like this likely contributes to why more than half of all sexually active people will acquire the virus in their lifetimes.

It is immensely important to remember that a virus, by definition, never leaves the body's system. And while it can go into "remission," it remains forever.

March 19, 2009 - 12:02pm

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