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Shell,

My Dr. (GYN) said that a certain % of the cases of HPV transferred without sexual contact (genital touching/intercourse). In fact, there have been nuns who have HPV. I read one report that gave examples of young woman entering college who tested positive yet had not had sexual contact. So I asked my Dr. where do they get HPV. She doesn't know. Then I offered a possibility: the Dr's office from Dr's who contaminate their hands & then examine another patient. She didn't answer that one. I just had a positive HPV without any risk factors. My Dr. thinks it is a false positive. It says right on the lab report that HPV test is a screening test which can produce a false positive or negative report. I once got a false positive Pap but when it was repeated two days later it was negative. People who do these tests are subject to error just like the rest of us. Fam