Spread by direct contact with a genital wart. Hence, usually sexually spread including vaginal or anal sex, and any sexual secretions. Also mother-to-newborn during childbirth. Also in bedding or clothing.
Contagious by sex?: Yes
Contagious by oral sex?: Yes
Contagious by anal sex?: Yes
Contagious by vaginal sex?: Yes
Contagious even with safe sex?: Yes, from genital wart contact or fluids.
Contagious from bedding?: Yes
Contagious from clothing?: Yes
Contagious mother to baby during childbirth?: Yes
Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Genital warts is possible from one person to another. Other words for contagion include "infection", "infectiousness", "transmission" or "transmissability". Contagiousness has nothing to do with genetics or inheriting diseases from parents. For an overview of contagion, see Introduction to Contagion.
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