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- Chlamydia - More facts - STD
- Chlamydia - STD
- The Truth about HSV-1 and HSV-2 - HERPES
- Accurate blood tests There are currently four FDA-approved, gG-based blood tests that can give accurate results for herpes - HERPES
- IgM versus IgG blood tests - Do they work? - HERPES
- There are no documented cases of a person getting genital herpes from an inanimate object such as a toilet seat, bathtub, or towel - HERPES
- There are several days throughout the year (asymptomatic reactivation) when the virus may be present on the skin but there are no symptoms - HERPES
- Genital herpes can be transmitted sexually both when symptoms are present and sometimes when symptoms are not present - HERPES
- If a person with oral herpes (cold sores or fever blisters) performs oral sex, it is possible for the partner to get genital herpes -
- Most skin on the body is too thick for the virus to go through - HERPES
- About one in five persons in the United States has genital herpes; however, as many as 90 percent are unaware that they have the virus - HERPES
- Herpes is most easily spread from genital-to-genital or oral-to-genital contact during an active outbreak or during prodrome - HERPES
- OPEN QUESTION - If a person already has HSV-1 (most likely oral herpes) can they still get HSV-2 (most likely genital herpes)? - HERPES
- up to 80% of adult population in the US
- OPEN QUESTION - What fraction of those carrying HSV-2 have no outbreaks at all, ever? - HERPES
- OPEN QUESTION - When a stat says that 10% of a sample population carries HSV-2 - what does it exactly mean? - HERPES
- Open questions - what does the presence of IgG and IgM truly mean? - HERPES
- Can I give blood? Yes. There is no risk of transmitting herpes simplex virus in blood. The virus itself remains in nerve cells - HERPES
- What is asymptomatic shedding? Asymptomatic shedding means that virus is present on the skin without causing any symptoms - HERPES
- Can I catch herpes simplex off towels, cups, or anything? The virus is caught off the skin - It is a delicate virus and dies quickly - HERPES
- Can using a condom prevent transmission? - HERPES
- Can I pass the virus to a partner if I have no symptoms? When the virus is inactive (dormant) in the nerve cell it can't be caught by partner - HERPES
- How can I have caught it if my partner hasn't got it? - HERPES
- Will my partner catch it again if he or she already has it? - HERPES
- How is herpes simplex caught and passed on? - HERPES
- How long after contact with a person with herpes simplex will it take, before I get symptoms? - HERPES
- What is the difference between the two herpes simplex types
- How common is herpes simplex - HERPES
- HSV is transmitted during close contact with an infected person who is shedding virus from the skin, saliva or secretions from the genitals - HERPES
- Herpes is contagious if the carrier is producing and shedding the virus - especially likely during an outbreak but possible at other times - HERPES
- HSV-1 is commonly associated with herpes outbreaks of the face known as cold sores, whereas HSV-2 is more associated with genital herpes - HERPES
- HHV-1 = predominantly oral - HHV-2 = predominantly genital
- There are eight distinct viruses in this family known to cause disease in humans - HERPES
- During the 1970s, there was an increase in sexually transmitted diseases. One of the diseases that increased dramatically was genital herpes - HERPES
- both herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) can cause genital herpes - HERPES
- In many infections, the first symptom a person will have of their own infection is the horizontal transmission to a sexual partner - HERPES
- Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is a monomeric immunoglobulin, built of two heavy chains γ and two light chains - HERPES
- Immunoglobulin M, or IgM for short, is a basic antibody that is present on B cells. It is the primary antibody against A and B antigens - HERPES
- Age‐Specific Prevalence of Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Types 2 and 1: A Global Review - HERPES
- Although many people infected with HSV develop labial or genital lesions, the majority are either undiagnosed or display no physical symptoms - HERPES
- about 20% of persons in the United States have HSV-2 infection - HERPES
- The risk of transmission from mother to baby is highest if the mother becomes infected at around the time of delivery - HERPES
- Condom use is much more effective at preventing male to female transmission than vice-versa - HERPES
- Suppressive antiviral therapy reduces these risks by 50% - HERPES
- Transmission risk from infected female to male is approximately 4-5% annually - HERPES
- On an annual basis, without the use of antivirals or condoms, the transmission risk of HSV-2 from infected male to female is 8-10% - HERPES
- As with almost all sexually transmitted infections, women are more susceptible to acquiring genital HSV-2 than men - HERPES
- Prevention - Barrier protection, such as a condom, can reduce the risk of herpes - HERPES
- Serology is the scientific study of blood serum - HERPES
- Serological tests for antibodies to HSV are rarely useful to diagnosis and not routinely used in clinical practice - HERPES
- Diagnosis - HERPES
- The risk of spreading the disease - HERPES
- Asymptomatic - HERPES
- Viral shedding refers to the successful reproduction, expulsion, and host-cell infection caused by virus progeny - HERPES
- Antibodies that develop following an initial infection with a type of HSV prevents reinfection with the same virus type - HERPES
- HSV asymptomatic shedding occurs at some time in most individuals infected with herpes - HERPES
- Herpes is contracted through direct contact with an active lesion or body fluid of an infected person - HERPES
- In HSV-1 infected individuals, seroconversion after an oral infection will prevent additional HSV-1 infections such as genital herpes, ... - HERPES
- IgM and IgG - HERPES
- Seroconversion - HERPES
- 20% of the U.S. population has antibodies to HSV-2 - HERPES
- Herpes simplex is most easily transmitted by direct contact with a lesion or the body fluid of an infected individual - HERPES
- Herpes viruses cycle between periods of active disease - HERPES
- Herpes simplex - HERPES
- U.S. STD Rates On the Rise - Sexual freedom comes with a significant price - STD
- Natural birth control - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Coitus reservatus - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Safe sex - LINK
- STD - Sexually transmitted disease - LINK
- Vacuum aspiration abortion - LINK
- Post abortion syndrome - LINK
- Miscarriage - LINK
- Medical abortion - LINK
- Legal protection of access to abortion - LINK
- Abortion - LINK
- Pregnancy test - LINK
- Ovulation - LINK
- Researchers find no sperm in pre-ejaculate fluid - LINK
- Does preejaculatory penile secretion originating from Cowper's gland contain sperm? - LINK
- The little death - LINK
- Spermatozoon - LINK
- Spermatogenesis - LINK
- Sperm - LINK
- Seminal vesicle - LINK
- Semen - LINK
- Pre-ejaculate - SEMEN - LINK
- Orgasm - LINK
- Male reproductive systen - LINK
- Flagellum - SEMEN - LINK
- Ejaculation - LINK
- Complications of vasectomy: review of 16,000 patients - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Vasectomy - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Tubal ligation - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Sterilization - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Annovulation - LINK
- Menstrual cycle - LINK
- Sexual abstinence - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Fertility awareness - CONTRACEPTION - LINK
- Emergency contraception - LINK
- Coitus interuptus - CONTRACEPTION - LINKS
- Contraception - LINK