[Thron&Thor]

The LSU Medical School did a very good study about the campus sexual health about 3 years ago on HPV and found ~80% OF THE ENTIRE COLLEGE POPULATION WAS INFECTED. Basically, the ability of the body's immune system to resist and clear the virus from the body is a function of age and health. Females under the age of 22 do not have a fully developed immune system strong enough to clear the virus after transmission...that is the target population for the vaccine to be effective and females over that age gain little beneift from the vaccine if infected even though they will give the vaccine up to age 32. For male's health there is no known reason to vaccinated...but vaccinating young males before they start having sex will prevent them from become carriers as most are from the LSU study.

Otherwise, most women and men clear the virus with a good immune system. So testing for the HPV's just does not warrant much benefit so making sure young girls/women get the vaccine is the best soultion before having sex, either oral or vaginal or...

I personaly know 5 daugthers of friends of mine who have developed cervical cancer from the HPV virus family due to infection from oral/intercourse starting at age 13 thru 16. All have required surgery and I have a realtive who is now dealing with it at age 24 after being diagnosed at age 19 with cervical cancer who is getting the vaccine anyway.

Your body is attacked all the time by viruses and the sheer number of STD's is actually in the 100's where testing has shown no real benefit so only the most aggressive ones requiring medications to clear have made the top of the list...all the others are usually handled by your immune system and cause no lasting harm.

So by now if you are truly swinging your body has already experienced the virus and developed immunities and cleared it out...