Dr. Anju Goel, MD, MPH, is a public health consultant and physician with more than 10 years of experience in the California public health system. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common—and one ...

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.

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Katlein Franca, MD In some ways, the features of a cold sore vs. a pimple on the lip line are very ...

Cold sores, or fever blisters, are precisely herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) that appear as fluid-filled blisters around ...

Hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus are both sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, they are not the same and develop due to different viruses. STIs spread from one person to another ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is extremely common, affecting nearly two-thirds of the world's population, according to the World Health Organization. A fast-dissolving vaginal insert that women would ...

Health care experts are still unsure exactly what causes recurrent outbreaks in individuals who have frequent secondary HSV-1 infections (Logan et al., 1998; Stock et al., 2001). HSV-1 tends to ...

They are very common and are caused by the herpes simplex virus. The medical name for facial cold sores is herpes labialis. There are two strains of herpes simplex virus (HSV), but the strain ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is extremely common, affecting nearly two-thirds of the world's population, according to the World Health Organization. A fast-dissolving vaginal insert that women would ...