It wasn't fun having recurring cold sores, but it was truly mortifying to discover that her painful mouth sores were caused by the herpes virus. Yes, the 16-year-old knew it wasn't "that kind' of ...

A healthy 5-year-old boy came in from playing outside in the evening with the onset of pruritic skin lesions on the left ...

Patients aged ≥ 18 years with HSV culture-positive persistent (i.e. non-healing) herpetic lesions or who were experiencing culture-positive HSV recurrences (≥ 1 every other month) from seven centres ...

Q: I’m pregnant and have a history of herpes. Does this mean I’ll need a C-section? A: It mostly depends on the state of your herpes. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) ...

Three former college wrestlers are blaming their coaches for a herpes outbreak. Nov. 25, 2008— -- Though many may want to, few of the 45 million people in the U.S. infected with herpes actually ...

PRIMARY infection with herpes simplex is not generally manifested by disease. As a result outbreaks of illness due to this agent have not been commonly observed. Small epidemics of eczema herpeticum ...

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 ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Q: My boyfriend has genital herpes, and he occasionally has an outbreak that appears as a sore on his penis. Is this when he is contagious? A: It’s when he is most contagious — but he is also ...