girlfriend "HAD" hpv

i am getting mixed answers from the internet ie. some websites are tellin me HPV last forever. so i might as well ask this question directly.

when my gf was 15 years old she had HPV. she did the acid washes and had the operation and removed any warts. since this happened by law she has to do a pap smear every 6 months. shes 20 now and her pap smear been normal ever since. she has no warts or anything. her doctor told her that if there isnt any visible signs then she cant pass on anything.

to sum up. around 4 to 5 years later, pap smear comes back normal. is there a chance for me to get infected with this virus?

thank you.

[turkee23]

HPV does stay with you for forever because it is a virus... but it can lay dormant for a long time sometimes 10 +......if she has been having clear paps for that long then you should have no worries... unless she has another outbreak of warts then its unlikely she will pass it to you......