Many women have heard of the virus hpv, and know that the infection section will be very harmful to the body, but they do not know what hpv actually is. We all know that hpv has a certain degree of contagiousness, so what are the ways of hpv infection? What is hpv? Nowadays, there is only one child in many families, and although the two-child policy is now open, many young people still choose to have only one child. Many parents want their babies to be healthy, so they will do the appropriate checks before pregnancy, and this time there may be a test for the hpv virus, so here is a brief introduction to what this virus is. First of all, the medical name of hpv virus is human papillomavirus, a virus caused by DNA lesions, it belongs to a type of sexually transmitted diseases, generally through sexual transmission; secondly, hpv virus contains a variety of types, the main types are divided into hpv1/2/6/11/16/18/31/33/35, etc., some of which are caused by the type of virus Some of these virus types are important causes of cancer in some human diseases, such as cervical cancer in women, penile cancer, prostate cancer, anal cancer and bladder cancer in men; after that, the hpv virus generally only has a pathogenic reaction in humans, and basically has no pathogenic potential in other animals, so it does not spread between humans and animals. The hpv infection route: 1, generally through the way of sexual transmission, if there is close contact will also be infected with the situation. So this virus is more virulent, and there are more ways of infection, so pay more attention to prevention in general. 2, indirect sexual contact infection. If you accidentally touch some of the patient’s belongings, such as clothing, household items and so on, it may lead to human papillomavirus infection, so usually do not touch the patient’s such items, so as to reduce the chances of suffering from hpv. You should also do a certain amount of disinfection work and do a good job of personal hygiene. 3, the medical source of infection, if medical personnel in the treatment or care, did not do a good job of protective measures, it will cause the medical staff of their own infection or by the medical staff to others, will cause the disease to occur. 4, mother-to-child transmission, this condition is very harmful to the baby, if the mother has this virus, the baby will easily be infected with this virus when delivering through the birth canal, so the harm to the baby will increase.