Genital Herpes Statistics WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Genital Herpes Statistics
Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are two species of the herpes virus family, Herpesviridae, which cause infections in humans. Eight members of herpesviridae infect humans to cause a variety of illnesses including cold sores, chickenpox or varicella, shingles or herpes zoster (VZV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and various cancers, and can cause brain inflammation (encephalitis). All viruses in the herpes family produce life-long infections. ...read more on Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- One in five adolescents and adults suffer from this disease.1
- 500,000 to one million new cases are estimated each year.1
- Studies indicate that most people do not realize they are infected.1
- HSV-2 is more common in women than men.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 eMedTV: Genital Herpes Statistics
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- Last update: Oct. 23, 2009
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- Contributor: Leanne
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Genital Herpes Statistic, Statistics For Genital Herpes, Genital Herpes Stats
- Last update: Oct. 23, 2009
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