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In the U.S. the number of genital infections caused by HSV-1 is now thought to be about 50% of first episodes of genital infection. [10] [11] 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 ...
Number of people with disease Notes 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]
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 ...
Billions of people around the world are living with herpes infections, prompting the World Health Organization to call for a vaccine against the incurable virus. About half a billion people ages ...
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]
As of December 1, 2023, there has been a 200% increase in people with the flu, a 51% increase in people with COVID, and a 60% increase in RSV. There are 13 states, plus New York City , especially ...
Nine herpesvirus types are known to primarily infect humans, [7] at least five of which are extremely widespread among most human populations, and which cause common diseases: herpes simplex 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2, also known as HHV-1 and HHV-2; both of which can cause orolabial and genital herpes), varicella zoster (VZV or HHV-3; the cause ...
This season, the flu has already claimed the lives of roughly 1,500 people across the country, including nine children. Five youngsters’ deaths were recorded between Dec. 15 and Dec. 21.