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A member asked:
My girlfriend has genital herpes, what are the chances of her passing onto me the virus if she gives me oral sex, is gh passed through saliva?
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Only if unprotected : This virus can pass very easyly . Even just touching the lesion.
Answered 4/1/2013
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