[Zeke]

According to medical scholars, the types are different, but one can lead to the other with contact. It has to be direct contact as with AIDS. Again, I use Mayo as the main source, but I have read other sources.

As Denis says, the incidence is high. I have to wonder. Herpes has been around forever. The Romans knew it. AIDS is new by that standard, and yet the Herpes epidemic spreads now more than ever.