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I have a friend with genital herpes, i borrowed her clean pants to sleep in, can i catch anything? really worried
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Not likely...: The mode of transmission of herpes is direct contact of skin where herpes virus is "shedding" from. It certainly cannot be contracted from clean clothes of an affected person.
Answered 2/15/2014
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No!: Although genital herpes is contagious, it does not live long on surfaces. It really requires skin to skin contact to be transmitted. I wouldn't worry at all about a clean pair of pants!
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