Most people get genital herpes by having sex with someone who is having a herpes "outbreak."
This outbreak means that HSV (herpes simplex virus)is active. When active, the herpes virus usually causes visible lesions in the genital area.
The lesions shed (cast off) viruses that can infect another person. Sometimes, however, a person can have an outbreak and have no visible sores at all.
People often get genital herpes by having sexual contact with others who dont know they are infected or who are having outbreaks of herpes without any sores.
A person with genital herpes also can infect a sexual partner during oral sex. The herpes virus is spread only rarely, if at all, by touching objects such as a toilet seat or hot tub.
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