Genital Herpes and Public Health: Addressing a Global Problem
Lawrence Corey;H. Hunter Handsfield;
JAMA2000Vol. 283pp. 791-794
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corey2000jamagenital
Abstract
Genital herpes can be caused by herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) or, less commonly, by herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). With a seroprevalence of antibodies to HSV-2 of 22% in the general population, genital herpes is 1 of the 3 most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States....