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Can you only catch herpes when theirs a breakout ?
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No: You can actually "catch" herpes even when a person doesn't have a lesion or outbreak. Some people carrying the herpes virus shed virus which can infect others up to 10% of the time without any sign of active skin lesions!
Answered 1/6/2015
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