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How often or common is it for someone with no active and visual cold sores to give genital herpes to their partner through oral sex ?

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10% of the time: About 50% as often as some one with visable lesions STD Facts - Genital Herpes (Detailed version) - CDCwww.cdc.gov › std › herpes › stdfact-herpes-detailed

Answered 9/17/2020

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