• The Herpes Viruses Association (formerly the Herpes Association) was started in 1982. It is a support group for people with Herpes simplex virus. It conducts...
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    Herpes simplex, often known simply as herpes, is a viral infection caused by the herpes simplex virus. Herpes infections are categorized by the area of...
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    genitals, or eyes (herpes simplex keratitis). Lesions heal with a scab characteristic of herpetic disease. Sometimes, the viruses cause mild or atypical...
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  • human herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which more commonly causes oral herpes (cold sores). Another strain, HSV-2 usually causes genital herpes, although...
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    Genital herpes is a herpes infection of the genitals caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Most people either have no or mild symptoms and thus do...
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    B-virus (Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1; McHV-1; formerly Macacine herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1, CHV-1), Herpesvirus simiae, or Herpes virus...
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    Shingles (redirect from Herpes Zoster)
    Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. Typically the rash occurs...
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  • of the patrons of the Herpes Viruses Association and chaired a Press Briefing in June 1993 aimed at destigmatising genital herpes. When tendering her resignation...
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    Alloherpesviridae which incorporates herpes viruses of bony fish and frogs, and the family Malacoherpesviridae which contains viruses of molluscs. As of 2012, this...
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    Aciclovir (category Anti-herpes virus drugs)
    antiviral medication. It is primarily used for the treatment of herpes simplex virus infections, chickenpox, and shingles. Other uses include prevention...
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    disease, is an infectious disease caused by certain types of human herpes viruses. Most infections occur before the age of three. Symptoms vary from absent...
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    problems with hearing. Causes of encephalitis include viruses such as herpes simplex virus and rabies virus as well as bacteria, fungi, or parasites. Other...
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    Mollaret's meningitis (category Herpes simplex virus–associated diseases)
    associated this problem with herpes simplex viruses, particularly HSV-2. Cases of Mollaret's resulting from varicella zoster virus infection, diagnosed by...
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    Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 9 January 2019. "ICTV 9th Report (2011) Herpesviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived...
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  • Postherpetic neuralgia (category Virus-related cutaneous conditions)
    peripheral nerve caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (herpes zoster, also known as shingles). PHN is defined as pain in a dermatomal...
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    The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), formally called Human gammaherpesvirus 4, is one of the nine known human herpesvirus types in the herpes family, and is one...
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    President of the Patients Association and a patron of Meningitis UK, the Doctors Support Network, the Herpes Viruses Association, Patients First and Kissing...
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    Chickenpox (category Virus-related cutaneous conditions)
    complication of chickenpox is shingles (herpes zoster), caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus decades after the initial, often childhood...
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    hepatotropic viruses hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. Other viruses can also cause liver inflammation, including cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, and yellow...
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    been associated with acute HIV infection. In some research, the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) has been identified in a majority of cases diagnosed...
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    persistent infections and the virus is often dormant for many months or years. This is often the case with herpes viruses. Viruses are by far the most abundant...
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    Molluscum contagiosum (category Virus-related cutaneous conditions)
    2014). "Chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, granuloma inguinale, genital herpes simplex infection, and molluscum contagiosum". Clinics in Dermatology (Review)...
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    American Medical Association, that U=U is an effective HIV prevention method when an undetectable viral load is maintained. Herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) reactivation...
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    include HIV, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr. Flavivirus infections such as Zika virus and West Nile virus have also been...
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    inflammasomes, sexually transmitted infections, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus, respiratory virus infections, influenza infection, T cell immunity...
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  • from herpes simplex virus (HSV) to human papillomavirus (HPV). ASHA's public outreach efforts in this era included the creation of the Herpes Resource...
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    Kaposi's sarcoma (category Virus-related cutaneous conditions)
    sarcoma-associated herpes virus associated oncogenesis". Seminars in Cancer Biology. Manipulation of the immune response by Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's...
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  • bacterial infections, or sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes, syphilis or chancroid). However, this is not always the case, as a genital...
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  • disease Chapter 6: Herpes B Chapter 7: Nipah virus Chapter 8: HIV Chapter 9: Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Hendra virus Ebola virus Malaria parasite connecting...
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    growth hormone. Research from 1964 into amino acid requirements of herpes simplex virus in human cells indicated that "...the lack of arginine or histidine...
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