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Genital herpes is a herpes infection of the genitals caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). [1] Most people either have no or mild symptoms and thus do not know they are infected. [ 1 ] When symptoms do occur, they typically include small blisters that break open to form painful ulcers . [ 1 ]
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (cold sores) and 2 (genital herpes) (HSV-1 and HSV-2), also known by their taxonomic names Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, are two members of the human Herpesviridae family, a set of viruses that produce viral infections in the majority of humans. [1] [2] Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 are very common and ...
Shemesh is the senior author of a new study recently published in the journal Cell Reports that identified a potential link between Alzheimer’s disease and the herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1).
Leave your devices behind when you head to the bathroom, doctors say, warning too much time spent on the toilet can cause possible health problems. (Manuel faba/iStockphoto/Getty Images)
A janitor accused of rubbing his penis inside water bottles while working at a Texas family medical practice is believed to have given three people a sexually transmitted disease, according to ...
A daily swab of the genital area was self-collected for Human alphaherpesvirus 2 detection by polymerase chain reaction, to compare the effect of valaciclovir versus placebo on asymptomatic viral shedding in immunocompetent, seropositive subjects without a history of symptomatic genital herpes infection. The study found that valaciclovir ...