Iggysgirl - Ok, so are you saying that a person with the strain that causes cervical cancer can only transmit it through exchange of bodily fluids? So if I were to have sex with this person and contract HPV, it wouldn't necessarily harm me, but I could then risk passing it on to someone else, right? So then if I had it, a person could contract it from me only via bodily fluids? Would this include saliva, through simply kissing, or would if have to be by sexual contact?

Sorry for all the questions/senarios, but I want to become well educated on this.

Thanks for your replies.