can you still infect someone with hpv after....

youre immune system has supressed it enough for the symptoms to never return?

[Amie635]

If the HPV you once had is now laying dormant in your system, and your immune system has fought the virus off - then no you will not infect people. However the virus can return again, no matter how supresed the virus is, although that is rare after years of no symptoms.

Drs usually consider genital warts (low risk) to be dormant after 6-24 months of having no symptoms. For cell change in the cervix (high risk) you can spot if the hpv is dormant by doing a pap and asking to be tested for HPV. If it comes back negative, the hpv is laying undetectable in your system and therefore it is dormant.