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Can herpes be transmitted through sharing a salsa?
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No: Herpes simplex virus is almost always transmitted by skin to skin contact. Only under extra ordinary circumstances can it be transmitted otherwise. The circumstances you describe is not one of them.
Answered 7/31/2013
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