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Genital Herpes: HSV1 Infection On Genitals
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Genital Herpes: HSV1 Infection On Genitals
Some of us believe that the HSV1 virus that causes cold sores does not cause genital herpes. It is not so. HSV1 virus that causes cold sores can cause genital herpes. If anybody with cold sores touches your genitals with their mouth, you may contract genital herpes.
But HSV2 type virus that causes genital herpes rarely causes cold sores.
To know more about how the viruses behave, read here: Herpes Simplex
Article updated on: May 26, 2008
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