Primary Herpes Labialis Acquired during Scuba Diving Course.
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.
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Infectious Diseases Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and the Technion School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
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