Genital herpes can be transmitted even if you have intercourse when you don’t have the disease, because the infected virus has a latency period. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus infection. Once the virus infects the human body, a portion of the virus will remain latent for a long time. The virus is dormant in the body and has a certain incubation period, if the resistance drops, the virus will be activated. There are also some patients who show no clinical signs and symptoms, but there is asymptomatic detoxification, which is infectious. It can be seen that genital herpes does not develop when coitus is still somewhat contagious, to correctly use condoms to reduce the risk of sexual transmission.