| The chances of your having the HPV infection is minimal, although it cannot be completely ruled out.
Most HPV infections cause symptoms (warts) within 3 months of exposure. In your case, the sex was protected sex, the man had had warts 1 year before the episode and did not have warts at the time you had sex (I assume), you took the Gardasil vaccine within 1 month of the exposure, plus you have not had any warts even 7 months after the exposure. So it is very very unlikely that you do have the virus.
But the problem is that the HPV virus can sometimes enter the body through the skin which remains exposed above the condom and may not cause any warts for years, especially in people who have a strong immune system.
HPV, in a situation such as you describe, can be completely ruled out by taking cell scrapings from the cervix and getting a nuclear test done for DNA stands of the HPV virus. Only this will be a definitive way of ruling out infection. This test can be done by any gynecologist - it is an office procedure, similar to a pap smear.
But on the whole, I doubt that you have the virus.
I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask a follow-up question if you need more information.
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