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Kimberly Was Diagnosed with Herpes Simplex 1 (HSV‐1) on Her

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Kimberly was diagnosed with herpes simplex 1 (HSV‐1) on her lip one week ago. Now, Kimberly is experiencing pain and itching surrounding a red, blister‐likesore on her hand where she had an open skin wound.When Kimberly went to the doctor for the second time, her doctor said that she most likely infected her hand wound with HSV‐1 by touching her lip with her hand. Which of the following sentences best explains this scenario?


A) Kimberly autoinoculated the open wound on her hand by touching it to her infected lip.
B) Kimberly experienced viral shedding from her infected lip by touching the open wound on her hand.
C) Kimberly experienced viral shedding from the open wound on her hand by touching her infected lip.
D) Kimberly most likely has an infectionon her hand, not HSV‐1, which is totally unrelated to her HSV‐1 diagnosis on her lip.

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