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If my boyfriend kissed me when i had a cold sore then perfomed oral do i have genital herpes?

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Dr. Tony Ho answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Possible: There's always a possibility of transmission, and you can autoinfect (which this is, essentially) from one part of the body to another.

Dr Jackson agreed

Answered 4/1/2013

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