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HPV transmission? Latent?

Monogamous relationship between myself and my wife. Married for 20+ years with kids. She's a virgin and I had a relationship before our marriage. She tested with high risk HPV, negative Pap. Her last exam was 4 years ago.

1) Since HPV is STD, is she being unfaithful? Would that happened within the last 4 years as all the prior tests were normal. I did the STD test and all came back negative except HSV1 IgG >> 3.22. I believe those are related to cold sores.
2) I read online saying HPV cannot survive very long outside the body on dry surfaces; however HPV can survive outside the body, and does not require bodily fluids for transmission, possibly surviving longer on wet surfaces.  I did many full body massages all these years, did I infect the HPV and transmit to her?  
3) Would it be she caught the infection from me 20+ years ago and the present problem is a late recurrence? If yes, why the previous pre-natal exams didn't pick this up?
4) Her HPV is +, DNA hybrid, capture 2. Can someone tell me what does that mean?
I'm lost. Any advice would be appreciated.
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I agree with Hollyv.

The FDA approval overview of the HPV testing process can be found here:
http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/productsandmedicalprocedures/deviceapprovalsandclearances/recently-approveddevices/ucm082556.htm

The problem with this test is stated directly in the "what is it?" section. The key word? "When HPV genetic material is found in these cells, it sometimes indicates the potential or the presence of disease.". SOMETIMES. Not all the time. It can be wrong.

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First, I would try to relax. Second her Pap is normal which is a good thing. She had the Digene HPV test which only tells you if you are positive for one of thirteen different strains of HPV, if does not tell you which one. I’m not sure if you only had one relationship before or more but she was a virgin and if you only had one past relationship, it would be doubtful that she had HPV. It would be more likely that she had a false positive HPV test and that happens all the time. I’m not sure why she had the HPV test, she must have requested it or the Dr. encouraged her to do it, because her Pap was normal. Do not jump to the conclusion she was unfaithful, it is more likely that is was a bad test. All she needs to do is repeat her Pap again in 6 months to a year.
Good Luck.
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