genital herpes
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Type 2 can cause genital herpes, which is spread via sexual contact.
From Salon
With newborns, the virus can be passed on either by a kiss or by the mother if she has had genital herpes for the first time, within the last six weeks of pregnancy.
From Fox News
I had always practised safe sex, but contracted genital herpes eight years ago.
From The Guardian
During a second meeting, where the reporter took along a colleague claiming to have genital herpes, the salesman handed over what he said was a 10-day treatment consisting of anti-viral drugs.
From BBC
HSV-2, genital herpes, is sexually transmitted, and causes sores around the genitals, buttocks and anus.
From New York Times
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