title: Primary Herpes Labialis Acquired during Scuba Diving Course.
abstract: Primary herpes infections usually require intimate contact of mucous membranes by either oral or sexual means.1,2 Infrequently, other types of contact have been described.3-5 Such was the case with an outbreak of herpes gladiatorum at a high-school wrestling camp, or a dental student who became infected from a patient.3,4 Reports charging fomites as vehicles of transmission of this virus seem anecdotal.6-8 Is it really that rare? We wish to present a hitherto unreported mode-of-transmission of primary herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and the Technion School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Potasman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pick