I know HPV can be sexually transferred, but can it be contagious by touch?

What i mean by "touch" is if it is possible to get HPV when using someone else's shower towel.

Answer:
HPV is very very common. 3 out of every 4 women have it and most do not know it. It is not harmful other than it heightens your risk of cervial cancer. You can not get it by touch. But you might have it now and not know it. Most forms have no sympotms at all. There are thousands of forms of HPV. There is currently an HPV vaccine that is being given out to help prevent it.
anytime you have intercourse with some and those bumps are present they will be transmitted.
please use condoms at any time
about the shower towel,,, again it all depends on the virus i guess
yeah, but rarley.. you have better chance of getting electricuted than getting HPV
maybe if you use their towel right after they use it. HPV causes some warts which are contagious. I don't know.
no because all std's die when exposed to oxygen
Non sexual transmission of HPV can't be ruled out. The HPV virus particles shed from the person and possible to a formite such as a towel the next person that uses the towel and dries his/her genital area, the genital area has a micro-abrasion allowing the virus to enter the host skin tissue.

Possible, maybe??

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