Article: Effects of condoms on reducing the transmission of herpes simplex virus type 2 from men to women.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Article: HSV-1 IgG Fc Receptor Blocks Effectiveness of Antibodies
Vaccine Weekly;  August 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... antibodies do not successfully modify herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. HSV glycoproteins gE and gI form an immunoglobulin G (IgG ... FcgammaR) that binds the Fc domain of human anti-HSV IgG and inhibits Fc-mediated immune functions in vitro ...

Article: HSV-1 is likely cause of new genital infections: current ...
Skin & Allergy News;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... 2 cases per 100 woman-years among those ... difference. Among women having vaginal ... acquisition rate for HSV-1 was 6.8 cases per 100 woman-years, or 6 ... she said. The HSV-2 acquisition ... 7 cases per 100 woman-years among those ... Therefore, "women who report only ...

Article: HSV-1 likely cause of new genital infections.(Infectious ...
Internal Medicine News;  November 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... with 1.2 per 100 woman-years among those ... difference. Among women having vaginal ... acquisition rate for HSV-1 was 6.8 cases per 100 woman-years, or 6 ... she said. The HSV-2 acquisition ... 7 cases per 100 woman-years among those ... Therefore, "women who report only ...

Article: Mixed HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection in a patient ...
British Journal of Biomedical Science;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) is usually benign (e.g., oral cold ... many other sexually transmitted diseases, HSV infection is on the increase in the UK ... aged 20-24 years.3,4 In the past, HSV-1 was normally isolated from the upper ...

Article: HSV-1 found to be common in healthy individuals, study ...
Ophthalmology Times;  September 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... percentage of samples with high HSV-I genome copy numbers ... included 19 men and 31 women. Thirty-nine of the ... nearly identical in men and women (347/1003,34.6 ... 45.3%) than did women (563/1703, 33.1 ... asymptomatic shedding of HSV-I in tears, Dr. Kaufman ...

Article: HSV-2 underrecognized in HIV-positive patients: ...
OB GYN News;  September 15, 2003 ;     685 words ... ... higher transmission rates for both HSV-2 and HIV, she said. In the ... 122 of the 140 men who were HSV-2 seropositive (87%) reported ... sex with other men. Of the 38 women tested, 32 (84%) were seropositive for HSV-2. During the previous 2 months ...

Article: HSV team brings big guns out of their lair
Sunday Star-Times;  June 20, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... power any Australian car. Under the bonnets of the new HSV offerings are HSV-tickled versions of the new US-sourced Chevvy 5 ... unit, tuned for the 91-octane drinking Commodores, HSV is offering 250kW versions, designed to run on higher ...