Yes it certainly can. I have been on Valtrex with no symptoms for ten years. I have never passed on Herpes to any of my partners through sexual intercourse - ever. To my horrow - I passed it on to a...
The HSV-2 virus is the virus that causes genital herpes.
Herpes zoster does not cause herpes simplex.
Herpes simplex 1 will not cause genital herpes.
Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the HSV-2 virus and is passed by skin to skin sexual contact with an infected partner.