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So i guess the person who gave it to me.

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These responses explain my statement that you quoted from another thread, and explain why future transmission by genital sex is low -- which in turn is why it is less necessary to warn future partners than it is for genital HSV-2 infection.

This is the type that commonly causes genital herpes.

So because of this it doesn't survive as well that's why we don't shed or have as many outbreaks as even oral herpes or regular genital herpes.

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2 Almost all cases of genital herpes due to HSV-1 are acquired by receiving oral sex.

Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can also cause rare but serious complications such as aseptic meningitis inflammation of the linings of the brain.

How likely would it be to pass it on to my partner I am now dating if we have unprotected sex? Only about 25 percent of people with genital HSV- 1 shed any virus in the absence of symptoms, compared to 55 percent of people with HSV-2.