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(reply to Anonymous)

In addition to Rosa's reply, here is information from the CDC website she provided, in effort to answer your question:
"HPV is passed on through genital contact, most often during vaginal and anal sex. HPV may also be passed on during oral sex and genital-to-genital contact. HPV can be passed on between straight and same-sex partners—even when the infected partner has no signs or symptoms.
A person can have HPV even if years have passed since he or she had sexual contact with an infected person. Most infected persons do not realize they are infected or that they are passing the virus on to a sex partner. It is also possible to get more than one type of HPV.
Very rarely, a pregnant woman with genital HPV can pass HPV to her baby during delivery."
So it is really hard to pinpoint when someone contracted HPV, and if it was you or he who passed it onto the other. Most people can have HPV and never show any kind of symptoms or problems. It is not like Herpes or HIV in that regard--those viruses typically are easier to tell where you got it from.
Hope that makes sense.

March 30, 2011 - 8:52am

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