# Genital Warts/HPV - Feeling like a loser

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 13, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genital-warts-hpv-feeling-like-a-loser/113775 "2002-06-13T02:54:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genital-warts-hpv-feeling-like-a-loser/113775/21 "2002-06-18T13:15:39Z")

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I once read a doctor (Australian) saying that they don’t even always count HPV as a sexually transmitted disease - (a) because you can get it from non-sexual activity, and (b) because it was just so widespread.

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