HPV ~ how exactly can you contract this?

Question

Is it the skin to skin contact that spreads HPV or the fluids?

If you used donor sperm to conceive a child, can you get HPV from just the semen with no sexual intercourse?

Answer 1

HPV is a skin to skin contact virus. That is why it can be spread even if condoms are used. Condoms only cover the penis and not the entire genital area. So, the rubbing back and forth of the genital areas during sex is enough to spread the virus.

If you try to become pregnant using a donor sperm you will NOT contract HPV. HPV is not spread by bodily fluids such as semen or blood. It is a SKIN to SKIN contact virus.

Good luck and take care!

Answer 2

HPV is acquired when someone with the virus sheds the virus and it enters your host skin tissue. It must enter below the top of the skin. HPV then replicates or moves upward creating warts or lesion. HPV must have an entry point and sex creates lots of little micro abrasion for the transmission of the genital HPV types. Figure 3
Viral entry. The first step in HPV infection is entry into the host cell. HPV first enters the basal cells in the stratum germinativum, or basal layer, of the epithelium.2 The virus is usually transmitted via skin-to-skin contact, and often enters in sites of microtrauma, most commonly found in the female at the introitus and perineum following sexual activity. Other areas with increased vulnerability for HPV infection are the epithelial layers of immature metaplasia found in the transformation zone of the cervix and anal verge.
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HPV is not found in body fluids such as blood but antibodies do show the virus if the virus has progressed to a cancer HPV can shed into the natural lubrication that is shared during sex. A condom does not prevent the transmission of the virus because the virus particles have already shed before a condom is placed on the penis. The penis also come in contact with the vulva during sex with a condoms. A condom does provide some protection but not 100% protection. HPV is found in sperm and the major sperm bank does do a washing of the sperm but this wash may not remove all of the virus. It is really not know if you can acquire HPV from the infected sperm but it is thought that it is possible.

Human Papillomavirus DNA Detection in Sperm Using Polymerase Chain Reaction
OLUFEMI OLATUNBOSUN, MD, HARRY DENEER, PhD and ROGER PIERSON, MS, PhD
From the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Address reprint requests to: Olufemi A. Olatunbosun, MD, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W8, Canada, E-mail: [e-mail]



Abstract


Objective: To detect human papillomavirus (HPV) in semen and find if sperm washing removes HPV DNA.
Methods: Amplification by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect viral DNA sequences in semen samples from 85 volunteers. Forty-five men had historical or clinical evidence of genital HPV infection (study group) and 40 were healthy, clinically HPV-negative semen donors.
Results: We detected HPV DNA in the sperm cells of 24 of 45 subjects (53%) with past or current HPV infections in contrast to three of 40 healthy subjects (8%) (P < .001). Overall, PCR detected HPV in 21 of 32 subjects (66%) with identifiable lesions and six of 53 (11%) without them (P < .001). Swim-up washings of all 27 prewash sperm cells with HPV reduced cellular HPV DNA below detectable levels in only two cases.
Conclusion: HPV is present in sperm cells from infected and apparently healthy subjects, and sperm washing does not eliminate the risk of HPV transmission to recipients. We suggest that HPV DNA testing should be done on the semen of prospective donors, and those with positive tests should be excluded from donation.

Answer 3

skin to skin.