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Walked around bare foot and put pj bottoms on and my feet touched the inside part of where my genitals sit can i get genital herpes this way?
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Genital herpes: No. You get this virus by direct person to person contact with open lesions or fluids like semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, and so on. You do not get this by self inoculation.
Answered 8/21/2014
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