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If one comes into sexual contact with the menstrual blood of someone with hsv, does that put one at risk of getting hsv? if so, how likely? 100% or ?
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Hsv: Genital herpes simplex is transmitted by direct contact with active symptomatic lesions. The risk of transmission is 70+% in this scenario. Transmission can also occur when there are no active, visible lesions but the rate of transmission is much lower. Menstrual blood can not transmit the herpes simplex virus.
Answered 3/31/2016
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