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The Truth About HSV1, HSV2, and Oral Sex

Charlotte Grayson, M.D.
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You have genital HSV-1.  Can you give your partner a genital  HSV-1 with genital sex?

Yep.  But not as easily as it istransmitted through oral sex. Remember.  The mouth is the preferred site for HSV-1 infection and the virus sheds less often outside its site of preference.  A study in 1995 shows that about 25% of people with asumptomatic genital HSV-1 shed virus vs.55% of people with genital HSV-2.

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There are two types of HSV, HSV type 1 and 2, and both can cause genital herpes.

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