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2. Herpes simplex encephalitis - Wikipedia

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   It is estimated to affect at least 1 in 500,000 individuals per year, [1] and some studies suggest an incidence rate of 5.9 cases per 100,000 live births. [2] About 90% of cases of herpes encephalitis are caused by herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), the same virus that causes cold sores.

3. What Is the Difference Between a Fever Blister and a Cold Sore?

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   If you tend to develop cold sores or fever blisters on your lips, you are not alone. Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 affects more than half of all people in the U.S. by the time they reach their 20s ...

4. Incurable, 'highly contagious' STD affects nearly 900 million ...

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   HSV-2 "almost always" causes sexually transmitted genital infection, the researchers said, while HSV-1 mainly causes oral infection, like cold sores, but can be sexually transmitted to cause a ...

5. Herpes simplex virus - Wikipedia

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   Herpes simplex virus 1 (cold sores) and 2 (genital herpes) (HSV-1 and HSV-2), also known by their taxonomic names Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, are two members of the human Herpesviridae family, a set of viruses that produce viral infections in the majority of humans. [1] [2] Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 are very common and ...

6. Herpes - Wikipedia

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   The annual incidence in Canada of genital herpes due to HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection is not known (for a review of HSV-1/HSV-2 prevalence and incidence studies worldwide, see Smith and Robinson 2002). As many as one in seven Canadians aged 14 to 59 may be infected with herpes simplex type 2 virus [ 89 ] and more than 90 per cent of them may be ...

7. Herpetic gingivostomatitis - Wikipedia

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   The HSV is a double-stranded DNA virus categorised into two types; HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 is predominantly responsible for oral, facial and ocular infections whereas HSV-2 is responsible for most genital and cutaneous lower herpetic lesions. Both HSV-1, and HSV-2 can be the cause of herpetic gingivostomatitis, [5] although HSV-1 is the source ...