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Sorry, I had to delete your comment, which was filled with scientific misinformation and misplaced emphasis. You'd better go beyond the "leading researchers" who provided the information to you. Further, the fact that something CAN happen, under particular circumstances, is not the same as saying it actually occurs with any measurable frequency.
HHH, MD
I was traveling out of town yesterday, answered your question a little to quickly. My reply assumed your warts were treated when diagnosed 9 months ago and have not returned. In that case, the odds are you no longer have the virus in amounts that could be infectious. If you weren't treated and still have warts, the risk of indirect transmission may be a little higher (but still extremely small). To be extra safe, just be careful about washing your hands (with soap) after you use the toilet, especially just before you and your girlfriend get together.
Also, detecting HPV DNA on hands isn't the same thing as saying the virus can be transmitted by hand contact.
HHH, MD
If your warts were treated 9 months ago and have not recurred, the odds are strong you no longer are infected. Even if you are, the chance of transmission to your partner by hand-to-genital contact are very low. They will be lowered to zero if you wash your hands.
I cannot give you a precise numerical estimate of the risk. It's low enough not to worry about, but there are no guarantees.
HHH, MD
So doctor, What your saying is that I do pose a risk of transmitting genital hpv from my fingers to my gf? The wart in question was treated, but i've read that you can have micro-hpv lesions that you are not even aware about, and in that case i am not sure if i have been "truly treated." Furthermore, does washing of the hands rid genital hpv off of the fingers to the point of no transmission? Realistically what are the odds of transference even if i have an active infection from only finger-genital contact?
Where did you read these reports? Can you post the web addresses?
Put HPV entirely out of your mind. You have no worries about HPV transmission, in either direction, by the kinds of sexual contact you describe. And of course neither HPV nor any other STD can be transmitted through shorts or other clothing.
I am unaware of any scientifically valid reports that the HPV types that cause genital infection can be transmitted by hand contact with another person's genitals. There are a few virgin women who have been found to have HPV, but the likelihood is that some weren't truthful about not having had sex; and others had had genital apposition, without penetration. If any of those infections resulted from contact with the hands of partners who had genital infection, it is very rare.
Good luck-- HHH, MD