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Can an HPV infection develop from a toilet seat or common bathroom item?

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Can an HPV infection develop from a toilet seat or common bathroom item?

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While transmission of HPV has been documented from inanimate objects, you cannot get HPV from a toilet seat or similar public bathroom item. HPV cannot survive outside of the body for a long period of time, so there is no chance, nor have there ever been any documented cases of, HPV coming from a toilet seat.