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Are cns herpes contages, does that individual have to avoid any contact with children?
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No: Patients with herpes 1 encephalitis are very sick and require hospitalization and intravenous Acyclovir treatment. Persons with herpes 2 meningitis are less severely ill but still quite sick. In both situations the infections are only contageous by direct contact with the herpes skin lesions.
Answered 6/24/2014
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