Indirect (finger) genital HPV transmission to baby

[tyhodioktis]

Hi,

During a friend's visit a couple of weeks ago my 9 moths old baby girl grabbed my friend's index finger, and then put her own fingers/hand in her mouth.

I am aware that my friend used to have genital warts in the past (he told me about it 4 years ago) which "disappeared" thanks to a circumcision operation.

However, being clueless about it, I am worried.

Can HPV virus be present in the index fingers of a ("former") patient? If yes, can it be transmitted to my baby by means of her putting her hand in her mouth right after grabbing the tip of the (ex) patient's index finger? Please note that my friend's hands have no external signs of infection (visible warts, etc) whatsoever. I know, however, for sure that he once had genital warts (see above).

Please accept in advance my apologies if this sounds nitpicking, or a stupid question.

Thank you in advance

T.

[Spitzy80]

i have researched this a lot because i suffer with HPV. I also have children. It is NOT possible for you baby to contract This HPV. The only way would be through sexual contact. Even if your friend went to the bathroom touched his warts, never washed his hands then came out and touched your baby, Your baby can not get it. The HPV  that causes warts on the hands are different than the virus that causes genital warts.

[Naveed777]

Not possible with the incident and circumstances you described... Forget it!!!

[yi3o8]

No, should be fine. Most immune systems fight off warts. He would have had to had a weakened immune system causing a wart recurrence, then if he touched them and didn't watched it's possible to spread. The babies immune system would have taken care of the virus the majority of the time.

Not to mention, genital to oral wart transmission is very rare.

Genital warts typically stay where they are, the genital regions.