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Is you have hsv2, and therefore have an increase of contracting hiv, how likely would you be able too? heterosexual. i just read in an ncbi article that even if you dont have sores , it dosent negate the risk of contract hiv b:/cof cd4+t stil high?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Having HSV2 roughly doubles the chance of catching HIV if exposed sexually. "Double" may sound like a lot, but in most situations it's usually not a big deal. For example, if the risk of catching HIV for any particular exposure is, say, 1 chance in a thousand, with HSV2 it becomes 1 in 500, still pretty unlikely. It is true that the higher risk with HSV2 doesn't depend on having active herpes.

Answered 12/17/2021

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