View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. As early as the 1990s, researchers proposed that a very common type of herpes virus—then known as human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6)—could be somehow ...

Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is a type of herpes virus. HSV-2 transmission through oral sex alone is rare, though it is possible to acquire the virus through sexual contact. HSV-2 causes ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common—and one of the most confusing—infections. Two types exist: herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV ...

Here's what to know about this common infection. Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the herpes simplex virus, which also causes cold sores. There are two types of ...

How will you know if you have genital herpes? Can you get herpes from someone who doesn’t show signs of the disease? How might herpes effect your body? Find answers here.

caused by the herpes simplex virus, which also causes cold sores. There are two types of herpes simplex virus, HSV-1 and HSV-2 (and it's possible to be infected by both at the same time).

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common viral infection that you can receive or transmit to others via skin-to-skin contact. There are two types of herpes: HSV 1 which causes blisters in your mouth ...

Examples include chlamydia, crabs, and genital herpes. Treatment depends on the type of STI. HIV has other routes of transmission. For example, this STI can spread through the use of unsterilized ...

such as HSV. The studies described above are all retrospective and are, therefore, constrained by the usual limitations of this study type. Retrospective analyses of safety data cannot accurately ...

differentiation between acute and recurrent infections and type-specific identification of herpes virus infections. As gold standard methods, tube and shell via viral cultures are still applied in ...

Future Virology. 2014;9(8):721-731. Tube viral culture, which is the standard viral culture, can take 3–7 days to provide the final result for HSV, and 7 days to 2 weeks for VZV. If the clinical ...