HPV is passed from person to person via skin to skin contact. This includes all forms of it from the simple, benign wart causing types to the oncogenic versions of it. It is the most common sexually transfered STD in the US. Contagious is the wrong word, it congers up the vision of the plague and air borne disease or lepers. This virus is transmittable.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.