Over 200 million individuals aged 15–49 likely experienced at least one symptomatic outbreak in 2020, highlighting the urgent ...

Twenty percent of under-50s worldwide are infected with genital herpes, with 42 million new cases being recorded in 2020 ...

Herpes simplex 1 primarily is spread in childhood by mouth ... “New treatments and vaccines are needed to reduce adverse health effects of the herpes virus and control its spread.” ...

The herpes simplex virus comes in two forms: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Traditionally ... the psychological effects are often ignored. A herpes diagnosis can be emotionally challenging, triggering anxiety ...

Transmission electron micrograph of herpes simplex virus CDC/Dr Erskine Palmer Around 846 million people aged between 15 and ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV), one of the ... predominantly on the mouth (herpes labialis) (Fig. 1) and the anogenital areas (Fig. 2). Its effects have been recorded since antiquity: Hippocrates ...

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV ... with up to a half-million new cases identified each year. [1] Herpes is most commonly transmitted unintentionally. Unlike other incurable diseases, however ...

Global estimates of HSV-1 and HSV-2 reveal a staggering disease burden, with 42.4 million new genital herpes cases and 8.8 billion GUD person-days in 2020, underscoring the urgent need for improved ...

The World Health Organization reports that 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 have herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the main cause of oral herpes, while an estimated 491 million people ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 are living with genital ...

Data also showed that an estimated 17 million people under 50 acquired a herpes simplex 1 infection genitally in 2020, joining 376 million already infected. Herpes simplex 1 primarily is spread in ...