Comment by shevy-java
1 month ago
> Unless you plan to remain completely celibate
You can get HPV without sex too.
https://www.cdc.gov/sti/about/about-genital-hpv-infection.ht...
"HPV is most commonly spread during vaginal or anal sex. It also spreads through close skin-to-skin touching during sex"
This focuses on sex, but any virus that can be found on skin, also has a chance to be transmitted without sex just as well. Admittedly the chance here for HPV infection is much higher with regard to sex, but not non-zero otherwise. The HeLa cells also contain a HPV virus in the genome, though this was probably transmitted via sex:
"The cells are characterized to contain human papillomavirus 18 (HPV-18)"
HPV-18. I think HPV-18 may in general be more prevalent than HPV-16.
> also has a chance to be transmitted without sex just as well. Admittedly the chance here for HPV infection is much higher with regard to sex, but not non-zero otherwise
So, NOT in fact “just as well”.
Foot warts are HPV, like from the Gym locker room
Armpit skin tags also seem to be related to some HPV strains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_tag
But they are not HPV16/18 and so not covered by this vaccine.
I successfully treated a persistent hand / feet / knee warts infection with 3 shots of Gardasil-9. The common warts are supposed to clear on their own within 2 years, but it was not the case for me. They all cleared out about a 1 year after the first shot, never to return. Including a deep plantar one that was completely immune to cryotherapy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277270762...
There is some clinical evidence of other strain effect. See pediatric dermatology article from a year or two ago.
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