Kate recalls how a promising relationship was ruined by the disclosure of her herpes.
Although some infections such as chlamydia are curable, others including herpes, HPV and HIV are not.
Whitley is a leading expert on herpes but was not involved in the current study.
Seventy percent of neonatal herpes cases show lesions and only 40% produce a fever.
All of the hunt's rides are currently suspended following an outbreak of equine herpes.
Shingles (also called herpes zoster) occurs when a person's past chickenpox infection is reactivated.
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The study found the gel also reduced the risk of genital herpes by 51 percent.
The app screens for STDs that result in physical symptoms such as syphilis, herpes and genital warts.
Toronto Animal Services noted that the monkey species can carry a type of herpes dangerous to humans.
With the incidence of herpes infection on the rise, this could eventually be a life-changing discovery for millions.
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Postherpetic neuralgia (post-her-PET-ic noo-RAL-jah) is a complication of shingles, which is caused by the chickenpox (herpes zoster) virus.
There is now a herpes zoster vaccine that is recommended for most individuals over the age of 60.
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These include adult diseases, such as genital herpes, which give vaccine firms access to a lucrative private market.
It had high hopes for Vistide, a drug to treat herpes, genital warts and a retina-destroying virus in late-stage AIDS patients.
Diseases such as antibiotic-resistant hospital infections and genital herpes have become hot targets.
Kate, 36, from Manchester, who has herpes, thinks the stigma attached to STIs also means "people assume you've slept around".
This finding could lead to the development of a herpes vaccine that would effectively deactivate the virus before it penetrates cells.
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The health department says the procedure is dangerous because the contact with the mouth could transmit diseases such as herpes.
Tests on animals suggest that the substance may offer similar protection against other venereal diseases, including herpes, gonorrhoea and genital warts.
The study included 498 adults with healthy immune systems who had a diagnosis of genital herpes or who tested positive for HSV-2.
An Oxfordshire hunt has been suspended after an outbreak of equine herpes.
In Thailand, over a hundred modern hospitals produce and distribute herbal remedies for everything from skin problems and obesity to kidney disorder and herpes.
Then, two months ago, the NIAID signed another agreement to fund clinical trials of VivaGel aimed to study its application for genital herpes prevention.
He said doctors in Florida tested the donor for various causes of encephalitis, including West Nile Virus and herpes, but did not test for rabies.
The movement of oysters from parts of the Kent coast has been banned after a form of herpes wiped out shellfish stocks at a Whitstable farm.
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Gaddis lists the major ones: appendicitis, amoebic dysentery, ulcers, kidney stones, herpes zoster, prostate problems, jaundice, arthritis, and heart irregularities all prone to being compounded by drug reactions.
This rash is not related or caused by any of the herpes viruses, but has the name because the rash resembles that of the herpes viruses or shingles.
Earlier this month, Starpharma announced that animal studies at Johns Hopkins University showed that besides preventing HIV and genital herpes, VivaGel may be a potent contraceptive as well.
This suggests that those people with an aberrant form of the protein (the result of the defective gene) might be more resistant to herpes infection than their fellows.
Cantab Pharmaceuticals, a British biotechnology firm, has a genetically engineered vaccine now in clinical trials to protect against herpes simplex infection and reduce the recurrence of genital herpes.
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