Genital Herpes Can Spread Despite Lack of Symptoms, University of Washington Study

(Reuters Health) - People with genital herpes can still be contagious even if they don’t have symptoms, according to a study that raises the question of whether all adults should be screened for the disease. Researchers found that people who unknowingly harbored the virus were expelling it -- or “shedding” it -- as much as 10 percent of the time, meaning they might infect sexual partners.

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