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Can you get hsv1 if someone with a non active or active cold sore takes a bite out of your sandwich?

Q: can you get hsv1 if someone with a non active or active cold sore takes a bite out of your sandwich?

: Probably not. HSV almost always requires direct skin-to-skin contact for transmission to occur. Anyway, since half of all people have HSV1 (often without symptoms), you may already be infected. If so, you are immune to acquiring a new HSV1 infection.

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Probably not. HSV almost always requires direct skin-to-skin contact for transmission to occur. Anyway, since half of all people have HSV1 (often without symptoms), you may already be infected. If so, you are immune to acquiring a new HSV1 infection.

Answered 2/16/2022

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Can you get hsv1 if someone with a non active or active cold sore takes a bite out of your sandwich?

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