Talk:Herpes
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Thousands separators should be written according to ISO-Standard. I myself is quite drunk at the moment so I do not want to risk to fuck it up. Can some nice sober person fix this? "Antibodies that develop following an initial infection with a type of HSV prevents reinfection with the same virus type—a person with a history of orofacial infection caused by HSV-1 cannot contract herpes whitlow or a genital infection caused by HSV-1." Please cite source. I have seen exactly the opposite stated elsewhere.
In addition, please see the following meta-analysis: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2008 Jan;105(1):43-50. Epub 2007 Aug 20. Asymptomatic shedding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the oral cavity. Miller CS, Danaher RJ. FOOTNOTE 89 seems to offer a partial list of support groups. Can Herpes Viruses Association be added too please? A Wikipage about this charity is about to go live. TERMINOLOGY - since 'herpes' is the name of a family of 9 viruses, this page should refer to 'genital herpes' (or ano-genital herpes if you want total accuracy) or to 'herpes simplex' throughout. A sentence in paragraph two reads, "After initial infection, the viruses move to sensory nerves, where they become latent and reside as life-long." Please remove commas and fix the nonsensical last bit, thanks! Notes from peer review - March 2008 Quick mention to whoever keeps this updated - most texts and updated sources now call herpes as "human herpes virus-#" with the # being the subtype (HHV-1, HHV-2), HSV is an outdated term. Should the article be updated accordingly? Just naming, all the info should be the same.. FACTS If you used someones lipstick or lipbalm once then you have a 99.99% chance you will NOT get oral herpes. But if you use it costently for example everyday for 2 or 3 weeks then your chances of not getting it are much lower. So do NOT be scared if you used someones lipstick once that you might get herpes.
From reading through a few random sections
Oral herpes is spread by direct contact with an active sore in an infected person, for instance, during kissing -> Oral herpes is spread by direct contact with an infected person's active sores, for instance during kissing.
- Peripitus (Talk) 11:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC) There is a new drug under development that is currently not mentioned in the treatment section. Some information about it is as follows: Another HSV-2 treatment undergoing phase II clinical trials is AIC316 from AiCuris GmbH & Co.KG. [1] Its mode of operation is different than existing treatments as it is a helicase-primase inhibitor. It can be used for episodic and suppressive treatment and is hailed as having resistance-breaking properties. This drug may also be effective against HSV-1 due to the similarity of the viral DNA. [2] The CDC recommends against testing the general public/those without symptoms for herpes. www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/hsv2pressrelease.html 90% of those with HSV are asymptomatic, or show little to no symptoms, yet they still spread the virus 20% of the time. Only 10% are aware that they carry the virus, as they are symptomatic, have been tested and have received a diagnosis. It can be concluded that 90% of those with herpes are unaware of their herpes infection. http://journals.lww.com/stdjournal/Fulltext/2004/05000/Seroprevalence_of_Herpes_Simplex_Virus_2_in.10.aspx Anamiatan (talk) 10:01, 31 March 2011 (UTC) |
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 | On 18 October 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Herpes simplex to Herpes. The result of the discussion was moved. |
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Disseminated Herpes Simplex
Someone authoritative needs to add information to this page about the systemic version of HSV, known as Disseminated HSV-1, for example, which can be dangerous. Thank you. 68.53.104.105 (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
Requested move 18 October 2023
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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lightoil (talk) 19:29, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Herpes simplex → Herpes – Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONCISE. "Herpes" already redirects here and thus this article is already considered the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and "Herpes" is a much more common term for this type of infection than "Herpes simplex". This is the same type of situation as when we moved Diabetes mellitus to Diabetes a few years ago. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:08, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Support per COMMONNAME.--Ortizesp (talk) 05:15, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
- Support per nom. The proposed title is the primary topic, is the common name for the subject, and is a more concise term. The Night Watch (talk) 14:44, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Society and culture - New Zealand destigmatisation campaign October 2024
In October 2024 a campaign by the New Zealand Herpes Foundation aimed to 'Make New Zealand the Best Place in the World to Have Herpes'. Using humour, trustworthy spokespeople, and bite-sized information videos it aims to destigmatise herpes in New Zealand. The 'Herpes Stigma Index', a global ranking, was created as part of the campaign. See https://thebestplaceintheworldtohaveherpes.com/ MittenMacaroni (talk) 00:46, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
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In 2024 the 'Make New Zealand the Best Place in the World to Have Herpes' campaign aimed to destigmatise herpes in New Zealand. The Herpes Stigma Index, a global ranking, was created as part of the campaign. Reference: https://thebestplaceintheworldtohaveherpes.com/ MittenMacaroni (talk) 20:52, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
Not done for now: probably need a WP:SECONDARY source to comment on this Cannolis (talk) 21:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
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