Quote Originally Posted by schingchang View Post
...BBBJ and DATY are definitly not the same risk as catching genital herpes as vaginal and penile contact. The risk is much lower transmission that way. There are two strains of the virus, HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-2 has historically be more predominate in genital herpes and is more aggressive in that regard being transmitted "down there".
They are the same risk. BBBJ/DATY is actually more risky for herpes transmission because HSV-1 generally only presents in the mouth/lips.

Also, there are many, many strains of Herpes - Herpesviridae is a huge family of viruses.