Herpes develops as painful blisters. ... Symptoms include the blisters along with fever, tenderness, swollen lymph glands and flu-like symptoms. ... The virus can be spread by contaminated blood, saliva, or body fluids. ... It is spread through sexual contact, infected blood or contaminated needles. ... This means that damage to the white blood cells is not yet severe. ...

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