Hi Calgary guy25
This 70 % figure is also given in the new Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections.
Given how common herpes is in the population it can mean that anyone who is sexually active can be at risk.
This happens as most people do not have symptoms to their genital herpes and may not know that they have it. Studies have shown that people with genital herpes can shed the virus from their genital region on days when they have no symptoms, they call this asymptomatic shedding. On average they believe this happens on 2% of days for an average length of 1.5 days.
This is also similar to type 1 herpes that is mostly around the mouth in that it can spread to the genitals with oral sex when no symptoms are present.
The things that have shown to reduce the risk are:
1. Not having sex even with a condom when the person is having an outbreak.
2. Using a condom when there is no outbreak.
3. If a person with genital herpes is on daily suppressive antiviral like Valtrex
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HN
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