The general rate of transmission of a person who has had herpes to their regular partner is about 10 percent per year, but the annual rate rises if the infected partner is a male. Unfairly, the female partner has a 20 percent chance of becoming infected, while the male partners risk is less than 10 percent.

Can a girl give a guy herpes?

Its possible. You can spread genital herpes during oral sex even if you arent showing any herpes symptoms at the time. But herpes is most contagious during an outbreak, when sores are open, moist, or leaking fluid.