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Originally Posted by Frankiestine
Hi Doc I have always wanted to know, if a woman with HSV 1 with signs of cold sores gives a guy a blow job and if he can gets infected by it on the dick area. Will this be classified to HSV 2 since its sexual in nature or are both virus actually different strains?
Sorry for the crude language I am just a typical layman..
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HSV 1 and 2 are different strains.
Recent studies have found that up to 50% of recently diagnosed genital herpes cases are caused by HSV1.