Background: Symptoms among patients with first episode herpes simplex virus (HSV) likely
influence health seeking and sexual behavior. An improved understanding of this …

Study Design: Cross-sectional survey of 922 randomly chosen patients and 78 of their
partners (1,000 total) in a family practice. Sexual behavior information was collected in 492 …

Objective: We aimed to identify whether genital symptoms were associated with
unrecognized herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection in a primary care population …

Results: On laboratory confirmation, 25% of the men were HSV-2-seropositive. Factors
significantly (P< 0.01) associated with HSV-2 infection included: never using condoms …

Background The spectrum of genital herpes (GH) has been understudied in men, especially
African American men Methods Consecutive men attending a sexually transmitted diseases …

Objectives: This study describes the differences in sexual behaviour in individuals with
genital herpes (GH) during “symptomatic” and “asymptomatic” periods of the disease …

Study Design: Observational cohort study. Results: Clinical overlap existed in the frequency
of local symptoms, fever, and size of genital lesions between those with remotely acquired …

Background: Although approximately 20% of the population has a genital herpes (HSV-2)
infection, 80% of these infections are unrecognized or asymptomatic. Serologic identification …

Background/objectives: While nearly one in four Americans has antibodies to HSV-2, only
one of 40 reports a history of genital herpes (GH). The goal of this study was to correlate …

Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted infection throughout the world. The majority
of new infections occur in adolescents and young adults, although prevalence rates …