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If the mother of a child has herbes type 2 dormant when pregnant with child, will the child be immune?
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No: Even with dormant genital herpes, the baby is at risk of getting infected during passage through the birth canal.
Answered 10/23/2017
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Not completely: If a mother delivers vaginally with her first genital outbreak, there is ~30% risk the baby could get it and have a terrible illness. If a recurrent outbreak, this drops to ~4% but suppression of outbreaks or c-section delivery before the membranes are open 4 hours can cancel the risk. Some women shed herpes without an outbreak and could pass it causing an illness that appears at about 2 wks.
Answered 7/26/2017
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