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If i am someone who gets the reoccurring herpes sore, can my partner contract it if there is not sore nor symptoms at the moment?
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Herpes I and II: Herpes can be transmitted easily, even if one has no visible lesion or sore areas. Since herpes is so contagious, your partner probably has been exposed , but many people are "carriers" with only rare occurrences, which depend on stress/illness for activation.
Answered 8/2/2018
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