Can women who have HPV warts get tested and find a definite answer?

[Watintheworld]

I am wondering if it's possible for a woman to get tested for all kinds of HPV and having an accurate diagnosis from it.

I ask this, because I know men can't get tested, so I'm wondering if I asked the woman I had sex with to get tested, she can tell me whether or not I'm in the clear. Thanks.

[simplynat]

HPV is an extremely common virus. 80% of the population will have an active infection by the time they are 50, most people are just unaware they have it as usually there are no symptoms. It can remain dormant in a persons systems for several years - over 20 even. Woman can be tested for HPV through a pap test. The only FDA approved standard test is the digiene test however it can only detect whether there is an active HPV infection and if so whether the strain is high risk or low risk. It doesn't differentiate between the specific strain only the category. A woman can test negative for HPV but still in fact have the virus if it is dormant in her system at the time of testing. Unfortunately there is no 'real' answer as to who has it and who doesn't. Even research is conflicting as to whether a person actually rids itself of the virus once the infection is cleared or if in fact it is just dormant. However, in being an active member of women's health and cervical cancer awareness, I can tell you I suspect that it only becomes dormant. Being that many woman who have been treated for dysplasia and cleared a once active HPV infection, years later can suddenly test positve again for HPV even though there was no new exposure to the virus.