In response to the persistent health challenges of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2, today the National Institutes of Health released the Strategic Plan for Herpes Simplex Virus Research. An ...

A 24-year-old gravida 1 para 0 woman presented at 27-1/7 weeks’ gestation with preterm labor and spontaneous rupture of membranes for 2 h. Her pregnancy had been uncomplicated to that point, with ...

Herpes simplex is a virus that belongs to the family herpesviridae, which includes many DNA viruses that affect animals, including humans. The family includes the following 8 types of viruses: The ...

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are frequently asymptomatic or undiagnosed, but more than half the US population is seropositive for HSV, and about one-fifth are positive for HSV-2.

Relatively little is known about the human T-cell response to herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) in the female genital tract, a major site of heterosexual HSV-2 acquisition, transmission, and ...

An investigational drug with a novel mechanism of action reduced the rate of viral shedding in patients with genital herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) infection, researchers reported. In a small, ...

Who would have thought that something good might come from a herpes virus? It plagues one in six American teens and adults, causes genital ulcers and frequently recurs through reactivation of dormant ...

Dr. Keith Roach writes a medical question-and-answer column weekdays. Dear Dr. Roach: If a person has been exposed (verified by blood test) to herpes 1 and 2, can that person be a blood donor? Could a ...

Genital herpes is one of the most common types of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States – as well as one of the most frustrating. Characterized by periodic blisters on the ...

In an Australian first, a Canberra man has been convicted of giving genital herpes to a sexual partner. The man pleaded ...