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HSV-2 transmission questions

Can you transmit genital herpes virus to someone via casual contacts? Kissing, hugging, sharing food?
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101028 tn?1419603004
have you read the free herpes handbook that we recommend in our read before posting post on the forum?
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that's good to know, because I have a small daughter, she's 1 1/2 year old, I don't want to give her genital herpes by kissing and hugging.
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101028 tn?1419603004
we call genital herpes a sexually transmitted infection because it takes that sort of  naked and intimate contact to transmit it.

grace
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