can hsv1 mutate to hsv2 ?

[enlight67]

can hsv1 mutate to hsv2 ?

[JessikaRabbit89]

Nope. They are two different types and one cannot turn into the other. I've also read somewhere that once you have one type than the odds of you catching the other is slim to none, but there are exceptions to that rule. Some people have both, but one definitely can't mutate into another.

[seeker]

In about a million years maybe but not in you.

And having one type offers " some" protection from the other.

It seems H2 overs more protection from H1 than the other way. Makes since biologically since 2 is transmitted sexually and would be more likely to run into a vector containing 1.

Terry warren over at Westover has said she has never seen nor heard of a case of someone with an established case of H2 catching H1. Of course thats anecdotal at this point.

[WCSDancer2010]

@JessikaRabbit

 

I've also read somewhere that once you have one type than the odds of you catching the other is slim to none,

 

This is a case of the need to be careful of your resources. Remember that 80% of people have HSV1 ... and a lot of US (I'm one of them) still got H2 ... yes, it gives *some* protection but I wouldn't use that as a way of "downplaying" things if you are with someone who has the one you don't have... I just tell people it's "added insurance" ... ;)

 

@enlight67

 

H1 and H2 are two different strains ... so there's no way one will "mutate" to become the other... ;)

 

[seeker]

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Herpes/Does-genital-HSV2-give-you-immunity-for-HSV1/show/1877345