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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by shevy-java on Friday January 02, 2026 @08:29AM (#46464524)
> 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.

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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by downrightmike on Friday January 02, 2026 @01:42PM (#46467923)
Foot warts are HPV, like from the Gym locker room
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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by odie5533 on Friday January 02, 2026 @02:39PM (#46468521)
But they are not HPV16/18 and so not covered by this vaccine.
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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by tiahura on Friday January 02, 2026 @03:08PM (#46468805)
There is some clinical evidence of other strain effect. See pediatric dermatology article from a year or two ago.
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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by throwwartsaway on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:41AM (#46476489)
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...

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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by Qem on Friday January 02, 2026 @05:34PM (#46470310)
Armpit skin tags also seem to be related to some HPV strains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_tag
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Re:HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence fro... by andsoitis on Friday January 02, 2026 @11:27PM (#46472798)
> 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”.

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