Is high-risk HPV infection transmitted through sexual contact?

Since it is the persistent high-risk HPV infection that causes lesions on the cervical epithelium, high-risk human papillomavirus infection is not contagious through sexual contact. If there is a high-risk type of viral infection, you can have a normal sex life, no need to be nervous, but once found to have a high-risk HPV infection, you need to further understand the cervical epithelium has been lesions, the most important first to do a colposcopy, if through the colposcopy is a negative result, a regular review can be done. About 80% of patients with high-risk HPV infection will turn negative on their own after about 1 year, while 20% may develop persistent infection, so be sure to review regularly.