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  2. Epidemiology of herpes simplex - Wikipedia

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    In healthy adults, HSV-2 infection occurs more frequently in the United States than in Europe. Seroprevalence rates in the United States appeared to be increasing, rising from 16.4% in 1976 to 21.8% in 1994. [12] However, this trend seems to have reversed itself in recent years, dropping to 17.2% in 2004. [13]

  3. Herpes simplex virus - Wikipedia

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    As of 2016, about 67% of the world population under the age of 50 had HSV-1. [3] In the United States, about 47.8% and 11.9% are estimated to have HSV-1 and HSV-2, respectively, though actual prevalence may be much higher. [4] Because it can be transmitted through any intimate contact, it is one of the most common sexually transmitted ...

  4. Herpes: 4,000,000,000 [3] It is estimated that more than two-thirds of the global population has herpes, though it mostly lies dormant. Human papillomavirus infection: 800,000,000 [4] Chlamydia: 450,000,000 [5] Hepatitis B: 356,000,000 [6] Preventable with the Hepatitis B vaccine: Gonorrhea: 50,000,000 [5] Globally, 0.8% (women) and 0.6% (men ...

  5. You probably have herpes, the WHO says - AOL

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    More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 suffer from the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), usually after catching it in childhood. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...

  6. Herpes infects billions of people worldwide. Why isn't there ...

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    Herpes infections can lead to recurring, often painful, blisters. About half a billion people ages 15 to 49 have genital herpes infections, which are mostly caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 ...

  7. Genital herpes - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, about 846 million people (12% of the world population) had genital herpes. [4] In the United States, more than one in six people between the ages of 14 and 49 have the disease. [8] Women are more commonly infected than men. [1] Rates of disease caused by HSV-2 have decreased in the United States between 1990 and 2010. [1]

  8. Halle Berry's perimenopause was misdiagnosed as 'worst case ...

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    Halle Berry says her doctor was convinced she had the 'worst case of herpes' he had ever seen when she described symptoms related to perimenopause. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.

  9. Cold sore - Wikipedia

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    Herpes labialis is common throughout the world. A large survey of young adults on six continents reported that 33% of males and 28% of females had herpes labialis on two or more occasions during the year before the study. The lifetime prevalence in the United States of America is estimated at 20–45% of the adult population. Lifetime ...