Persistent Genital Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Shedding Years Following the First Clinical Episode

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Authors

Warren Phipps · University of Washington

Misty Saracino

Amalia Magaret · Cancer Research And Biostatistics

Stacy Selke

Mike Remington

Meei‐Li Huang

Terri Warren · Westover Heights Clinic

Corey Casper · University of Washington

Lawrence Corey

Abstract

Rates of total and subclinical HSV-2 shedding decrease after the first year following the initial clinical episode. However, viral shedding persists at high rates and copy numbers years after infection, and therefore may pose continued risk of HSV-2 transmission to sexual partners.

Topics & Keywords

Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume 203, Issue 2, pp. 180-187

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq035

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