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Editorial
. 2006 Jun;82(3):189-90.
doi: 10.1136/sti.2006.019935.

Genital HSV-1 infections

A Wald
Editorial

Genital HSV-1 infections

A Wald. Sex Transm Infect. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

Importantly, individuals with genital HSV‐1 are still at risk of HSV‐2 acquisition

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Conflict of interest: none.

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