The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is dedicated to quality service with an emphasis on integrity, professionalism, and community spirit. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is dedicated to quality service with an emphasis on integrity, professionalism, and community spirit.
According to the CDC, at least 50% of sexually active men and women will get a genital HPV infection at some point in their lives. After a person has been infected by HPV, it may take one to three months (or longer in some cases) for warts to appear. Some people who have been infected never get warts.
1 After a negative result on an initial hrHPV test, a woman should not be re-screened for 3 years. 2  A positive result for high-risk type HPV-16 or HPV-18 should be followed up with colposcopy.  A positive result for the other 12 high-risk HPV types, such as HPV-31 and HPV-45, should be followed up with a Pap smear.