Originally Posted by Astronomer

I've never had anything either, although don't they say that most sexually active adults have had HPV without even realising? "Worldwide, HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in adults.[3] For example, more than 80% of American women will have contracted at least one strain of HPV by age fifty." Same goes for men, I'd assume!

That's why they have been administering the Gardasil vaccination to young girls and boys before they become sexually active and can contract the disease, to ultimately help prevent ovarian cancer which is linked to HPV

The vaccine came out when I was in university, I remember it was pretty groundbreaking. I had only been sexually active for a little while before I received the vaccination so I wonder if I ever contracted HPV or if I am completely "clean!"