HPV can stay dormant for decades. Diagnosis does not give you an idea of when you were infectedd.
HPV is not contagious as long as your immune system supresses it. If it is dormant, your immune system is properly controlling it and it isn't contagious.
Yes, HPV can be dormant and undetected by a pap smear. A pap smear looks for damage to the cervix caused by HPV. It does not look for all subtypes of HPV or detect HPV infection.
HPV can lay dormant for decades before detection. A positive HPV test for cervical cancer screening gives no information about how long you've been infected.
Having HPV does not effect how long it may take you to get pregnant.
Latency phase
An endospore
Bed bugs can remain dormant for around 12-18 months without perishing.
Endospore
The disease may remain undetected for years after infection is contracted.
The acronym HPV stands for Human Papilloma Virus. It belongs in the virus kingdom because it is a virus. Like all viruses it is dormant until it enters a cell, and it then takes over the existing cellular machinery to reproduce itself.
in some ways yes in other its no