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Slept w/ someone who is on medication for genital herpes with no outbreak. what is the risk if there was no protection used?
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No predictability: First, viral shedding in a herpes patient happens irregularly and unpredictable and untestable fashion. Herpes medication to suppress viral shedding is thought to lower the risk of infection by 30 to 50 percent.
Answered 7/16/2014
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