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A member asked:
I'm diagnosed w/ genital herpes. my partner's igg result turned positive as well. i had sores/lesions he has none. how will we know who infected who?
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Herpes: Igg means infection was in the remote past and not recent. You can never know who infected who.
Answered 11/19/2013
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