genital herpes
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Preventive Services Task Force doesn’t recommend routine genital herpes screenings for people without symptoms, in part because false positive rates are so high.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023
Because Burroughs Wellcome Co. had developed a first-of-its-kind treatment for genital herpes, Zovirax, they implemented an aggressive marketing plan that downplayed their drug and instead attached a stigma of shame to having genital herpes.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022
Tests in mice and guinea pigs showed that this vaccine prevented infection with the virus that causes genital herpes.
From Scientific American • Dec. 29, 2021
Along with the 11.9 percent with HSV-2, 47.8 percent of Americans in the 14-to-49 age range carry HSV-1, or “oral herpes,” which generally causes cold sores around the mouth but can also cause genital herpes.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019
For genital herpes, drugs such as acyclovir can reduce the number and duration of the episodes of active viral disease during which patients develop viral lesions in their skins cells.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
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