HSV transmission requires direct contact with someone else's herpes lesion or sore (even though that sore can be asymptomatic). The only ways that happens are kissing,
sexBuccal smear
Causes of sexual dysfunction
Child abuse - sexual
Delayed ejaculation
Erection problems
Female sexual dysfunction
Inhibited sexual desire
Orgasmic dysfunction
Puberty and adolescence
Rape
Safe sex , and exposure of babies to infected mothers during
deliveryC-section
Delivery presentations
Infant care following delivery. Saliva contact among small children (e.g., as toys go rapidly from mouth to mouth, say in daycare settings) probably accounts for many infections in children. There probably is a theoretical risk through sharing eating utensils, glasses, etc, but if those things occur, it is very rare. It is not possible to get infected through towels, bed clothes, toilet seats, or sitting next to someone on a bus. There is no difference in transmission routes in developing versus industrialized countries.
No ongoing discussion, please. Oral herpes isn't generally sexually transmitted, so not pertinent to an STD forum.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
You can get oral herpes from casual contact kissing etc. Normally
it is HSV-1 what grandma called fever blisters. Often people
get it in childhood before they become sexually active.
It's no big deal and can even serve to boast the immune system
(some studies show the body uses HSV-1 to fight certain
cancers)
grace