Herpes Transmission
Herpes is spread by direct contact including:
Sexual contact
Anal sex
Oral sex
Vaginal sex
as well as
Kissing Skin-to-skin contact which transmits HSV-1 and HSV-2
Genital herpes
Can be transmitted with or without the presence of sores or other symptoms Is often transmitted by people who do not realize infection can be passed on even when there are no symptoms Is often transmitted by people unaware they are infected
Statistics
An estimated 40 million people have genital herpes which is a chronic viral infection About 500,000 new people get symptomatic herpes each year There are even more people without symptoms
Genital herpes infection
has increased 30% in the U.S. has increased most dramatically among young white teens (12-19 years old) among whites is 5 times higher than 20 years ago is twice as likely to infect 20-29 year old adults
Source: http://www.herpes-coldsores.com/std/herpes.htm
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1 comment:
As a matter of fact, 70 million are afflicted with STDs in the U.S. alone and an estimated over 400 million worldwide. Are you one of them? go to STDromance.com
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