Can Genital Herpes Be Transmitted Through Active Sores?

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2014

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Mon, 19 May 2014 Answered on

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Question : Can genital herpes be transmitted when there are active sores or obvious outbreak?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Active Herpes poses the greatest risk

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic

I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query and i have understood it.

Yes, active herpes poses the greatest risk of transmission of infection because that is when the viral load is highest in the genital secretions, even though most of the cases of infection occur during asymptomatic viral shedding.

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