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  2. Herpes simplex virus - Wikipedia

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    Herpes simplex viruses can affect areas of skin exposed to contact with an infected person. An example of this is herpetic whitlow, which is a herpes infection on the fingers; it was commonly found on dental surgeon's hands before the routine use of gloves when treating patients.

  3. Genital herpes - Wikipedia

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    Genital herpes is a herpes infection of the genitals caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). [1] Most people either have no or mild symptoms and thus do not know they are infected. [ 1 ] When symptoms do occur, they typically include small blisters that break open to form painful ulcers . [ 1 ]

  4. Herpes - Wikipedia

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    Herpes simplex, often known simply as herpes, is a viral infection caused by the herpes simplex virus. [5] Herpes infections are categorized by the area of the body that is infected. The two major types of herpes are oral herpes and genital herpes, though other forms also exist. Oral herpes involves the face or mouth.

  5. Major histocompatibility complex and sexual selection

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    The ability of the males to over-power the females' original mate choice resulted in the offspring of the targets of male aggression having low genetic diversity. Offspring with high genetic diversity seemed to happen only when the operational sex ratio was female-biased, when females were more likely to be able to exert mate choice, and males ...

  6. Human penis - Wikipedia

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    Sexually transmitted infections, for example, herpes virus, which can occur after sexual contact with an infected carrier; this may lead to the development of herpes sores. Balanitis is an inflammation, either infectious or not. Pudendal nerve entrapment is a condition characterized by pain on sitting and the loss of penile sensation and orgasm ...

  7. Hereditary carrier - Wikipedia

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    A hereditary carrier (genetic carrier or just carrier), is a person or other organism that has inherited a recessive allele for a genetic trait or mutation but usually does not display that trait or show symptoms of the disease. Carriers are, however, able to pass the allele onto their offspring, who may then express the genetic trait.

  8. Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? - Wikipedia

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    "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" is a song by American punk rock band The Offspring. The song features as the seventh track (fifth track on the LP) on the band's eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008), and was released as its third single. The song impacted radio on November 25, 2008. [1]

  9. Cold sore - Wikipedia

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    Herpes labialis does not refer to the labia of the vulva, though the origin of the word is the same. The colloquial terms for this condition ("cold sore" and "fever blister") come from the fact that herpes labialis is often triggered by fever, for example, as may occur during an upper respiratory tract infection (i.e. a cold). [ 12 ]