My partner and I are in a monogamous relationship and neither of us has had sexual contact with anyone else in at least 8 mos.  Unbeknownst to me, he occasionally gets cold sores on his mouth and has for many years. He has never had symptoms of genital herpes. A few weeks ago we had unprotected vaginal sex and he also performed oral sex on me.  He did not have any herpes symptoms but was experiencing a period of extreme stress.  I began showing symptoms of genital herpes 5 days later. I have tested positive for HSV-2 via swabs of my lesions (blood test was negative as this is definitely a new infection for me). My partner has not been tested. 

My question is related to the risk for my partner going forward. Can he now contract genital herpes by having unprotected vaginal sex with me?  I’ve read on the WHO site that he cannot bc he would already have the same strain of virus that he passed to me (in this case, HSV-2). But my OBGYN told me that his oral infection would not prevent him from getting genital herpes from me.  Is my doc misinformed? 

I understand that either of us could get infected in other parts of our bodies if we have contact with someone who has HSV-1, since we do not have that strain of virus, and maybe that’s why my doc answered the way he did.