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Recieved brief oral from a girl who tested positive for hsv2 no other contact am i at high risk for gen herpes
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Low risk: Your risk for genital type 2 herpes is low. But you could get hsv1 in the genitals if you were not previously infected and the girl has hsv1 also.
Answered 1/22/2015
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