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What is the possibility of me contracting genital herpes after having unprotected sex with a woman genital herpes?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Hard to say: Asymptomatic persons can still shed virus (=potentially share it with you). Hsv2 can be transmitted by close skin contact as well. See: http://stdtesting.Com/how-many-people-have-herpes --for more information and helpful links.

Answered 10/4/2016

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