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If someone has oral hsv1 but has no symptoms, how likely is it that they can give you hsv1 genitally through oral sex?
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Herpes: 75% of the humans around you have hsv1. 90% of those have no outbreaks. But, the bad news is that all are still contagious through viral shedding. Having sores, we now know, are in no way predictive of contagiousness. There is no test to predict when anyone is shedding this virus. It is much more likely that your friend already has hsv1.
Answered 6/1/2019
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