Herpes is one of the most common viral infections in the world, yet it remains widely misunderstood. Caused by the herpes ...

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no ...

Number of people with at least one episode of HSV-attributable genital ulcer disease was 187.9 and 16.7 million for HSV-2, HSV-1 in 2020. (HealthDay News) — The incidence and prevalence of genital ...

Genital infections with Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) have risen in western Scotland over the last 15 years, particularly among young women, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers ...

Pritelivir met its primary endpoint of superior lesion healing, achieving a 62.7% lesion healing rate compared to 34.0% with standard-of-care ...

People with a genital infection of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which usually causes cold sores, frequently shed the virus in the first months after infection, raising the risk that they ...

Herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 are teaming up to ruin your next date. Scientists at the University of Washington School of Medicine have discovered that HSV-1 and 2 — better known as oral and genital ...

The latest global estimates suggest 846 million people are living with genital herpes infection. The findings are published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. And more than 200 ...

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the proportion of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and -2) in genital infections during a 9-year period (1994-2002) in a Finnish sexually ...

The researchers found 25.6 million people aged 15 to 49 years had new HSV-2 infections and 519.5 million (13.3%) had existing (prevalent) HSV-2 infections globally in 2020. (HealthDay News) — The ...