How do you get HPV ?

You get it from having alot of intercourse, and one of them might have gave it to you. But please if you think you have it go to the doctor because i have personal experience with it. And it almost turned into cancer. Hope this helps you. If you are under l think 26 yrs old you can get a shot also to protect you from hpv. Also men if they havwe it they dont know unless they get checked, no symptoms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papil...

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)
HPV affects both women and men.
鈥?Anyone who has any kind of sexual activity involving genital contact with an infected person can get HPV鈥?intercourse isn't necessary.
鈥?Many people who may have HPV may not show any signs or symptoms, so they can pass the virus on without even knowing it.

HPV is easily transmitted. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 20 million people in the United States already had HPV in 2005.
According to the CDC, the only way you can totally protect yourself against HPV is to avoid any sexual activity that involves genital contact. HPV Types 6, 11, 16, and 18 account for the majority of HPV-related clinical diseases

HPV is a broad term for a family of viruses that cause warts. If you are asking specifically about genital HPV transmission, then you get it through genital contact. A lot of times people who have it don't even know it because there are rarely symptoms. HPV can cause cervical cancer and now there is a vaccine for the four most common strains that have been shown to cause cancer.
PS! you don't "get it from having a lot of intercourse"... it is transmitted through genital contact with a person who has the virus... this could happen the first time. Having many partners increases the risk of course, but you are rolling the dice anytime you have unprotected contact/sex!

Any kind of sex that includes simply rubbing skin to skin.Condoms will not prevent it as its in the skin cells.Some people get them in and outside the vagina the anus the skin in between.Fore some people they develop warts other develop into basically bad cells on your pap test which can lead to cancer. They are treatable but its life changing for sure.They say you can spread them even after you have been treated but not all people do.Its best to stay in a monogamous relationship.