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If you put your finger on someone's pocket that has genital herpes and then touch your face will you get infected?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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No risk: Herpes is transmitted only by direct skin-to-skin contact. For genital herpes, only by intercourse, not hand-genital contact. And no STD can be transmitted through clothing.

Answered 4/20/2018

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A member asked:

If you put your finger on someone's pocket that has genital herpes and then touch your face will you get infected?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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