enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: hsl and hsv 1 positive but no cold sores on skin treatment options

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Herpes gladiatorum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_gladiatorum

    Herpes gladiatorum is one of the most infectious of herpes-caused diseases, and is transmissible by skin-to-skin contact. The disease was first described in the 1960s in the New England Journal of Medicine. It is caused by contagious infection with human herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), [1] which more commonly causes oral herpes (cold sores).

  3. Herpes simplex virus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus

    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 ...

  4. Herpes simplex encephalitis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_encephalitis

    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.

  5. Herpes simplex research - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_research

    The researchers tested three different strains of herpesviruses: Epstein-Barr virus, the cause of mononucleosis and some cancers; Herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1) and (HSV-2), which cause cold sores and genital herpes respectively; and human cytomegalovirus, which causes congenital herpes. The results indicated that CRISPR can be used to ...

  6. Herpes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes

    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. Cold sore - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_sore

    Cold sore; Other names: fever blister, [1] herpes labialis, [1] oral herpes, [2] orolabial herpes [3] A cold sore on the lower lip. Note the blisters in a group marked by an arrow. Specialty: Infectious disease: Symptoms: Burning pain followed by small blisters or sores [1] Complications: Herpes encephalitis, herpetic whitlow [4] Usual onset ...

  8. Herpetic gingivostomatitis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpetic_gingivostomatitis

    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 ...

  9. Eczema herpeticum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema_herpeticum

    Eczema herpeticum is a rare but severe and contagious disseminated infection that generally occurs at sites of skin damage produced by, for example, atopic dermatitis, burns, long-term usage of topical steroids or eczema. [1] It is also known as Kaposi varicelliform eruption, Pustulosis varioliformis acute and Kaposi–Juliusberg dermatitis.

  1. Ads

    related to: hsl and hsv 1 positive but no cold sores on skin treatment options