A nurse is teaching a client who has genital herpes about physiologic effects of the infection. Which of the following statements by the client indicates the teaching has been effective?

"The medication will decrease manifestations but not cure the infection."

"If I don't have any lesions, I can't transmit the infection to my partner."

"Once I finish the medication, my partner is not at risk for getting the infection."

"I need to take all the antibiotics, as prescribed, to treat the infection."