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Does the presence of a cold sore make you contagious to other people with hsv-1?
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Herpes: A sore has no correlation to contagiousness with herpes. Viral shedding is just as likely to be present when there is no sore and not be present when there is a sore. This is new information. Many in medicine and in society have yet to learn how complicated herpes truly is.
Answered 5/25/2014
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