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Can you get herpes from touching a handle in a port o potty and then touching your underwear?
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HSV: Herpes viruses can be transmitted by direct inoculation particularly if there is a break in the skin of the recipient. There may alternative points of view from other physicians
Answered 6/23/2015
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