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Can you get Herpes from a hand shake?

Recently I was at a dinner party and I noticed a guy had a sore on his lip. It looked like it had a scab over it; He touched it often. After dinner I went to leave and shook his hands. I immediately went into the bathroom and hashed mine. My question is if he had herpes on the lip and I shook his hand what are my chances of getting infected?
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this isn't a risk.

http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_oralherpes.cfm  is a link to a terrific site with info on oral herpes for more reading :)

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