Your body can fight off the hpv virus.. You could hae a breakout once have them removed and never have one again... I thinks its fair to say after a resonable amount of time ( years) w/o a breakout your body has fough off the virus. If its high risk, only a pap on a female can tell, if its warts if you dont have them then you wont know if you still carry the virus ( they biospy the warts) talk to your doc to be sure.