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What gender does genital herpes affect more?

jessy
05/28/08
jessy
Topics:Genital Herpes

What gender does genital herpes affect more? 

 What race has it the most?

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

hey jessy, i dont know about the race question but i have read in a lot of places that females contract it more than males do. its 1 in every 4 women in the US as opposed to 1 in 8 men that have HSV.. so yeah.

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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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