10 Herpes Symptoms in Women
Article Sources
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Infection and Incubation
The herpes viruses enter the body through tiny breaks in skin or mucous membrane tissue when skin-to-skin contact occurs. An asymptomatic infected person can spread the virus, so avoiding sexual contact with people with no active blisters is not a surefire way of prevention.
Normal-looking skin can spread the virus, as can clothing that has touched genital skin ulcers. The average incubation period of herpes is four days after exposure. However, it may take anywhere between two to 12 days for the symptoms to appear.
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