genital herpes

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Preventive Services Task Force doesn’t recommend routine genital herpes screenings for people without symptoms, in part because false positive rates are so high.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023

Because Burroughs Wellcome Co. had developed a first-of-its-kind treatment for genital herpes, Zovirax, they implemented an aggressive marketing plan that downplayed their drug and instead attached a stigma of shame to having genital herpes.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

Weissman and virus expert Harvey Friedman of the University of Pennsylvania found targetable antigens for genital herpes.

From Scientific American • Dec. 29, 2021

That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually recommends against widespread screening for genital herpes.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019

For genital herpes, drugs such as acyclovir can reduce the number and duration of the episodes of active viral disease during which patients develop viral lesions in their skins cells.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013