Archive for October, 2009
An Introduction To The Herpes Viruses
The word herpes evokes an emotional response from almost everyone. Eighty percent of the world’s population has serological evidence of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1, generally orolabial herpes), while 20 to 30 percent of the U.S. population is seropositive for the herpes virus type 2 (HSV-2, generally genital herpes).Add chickenpox, shingles, the immunosuppressant [...]
Genital Warts
Venereal warts or genital warts as they are more commonly know is one of the main highly contagious infections that are sexually transmitted. A similar type of infection as the human papillomavirus causes the genital warts. The genital warts are passed through direct skin-to-skin contact, which can be during oral, anal or genital sex which [...]