Epidemiological studies suggest that HSV-2 increases the risk of HIV-1 acquisition. 1, 2, 3 In populations with HSV-2 prevalence of 80%, nearly 50% of HIV-1 infections are attributable to an HSV-2 ...

Ex vivo analysis of these cells allows unbiased characterization of the cellular composition, function, and phenotype of the local T-cell response to HSV-2. In the present study, we obtained cervical ...

Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) is a sexually transmitted infection that can cause painful, recurrent lesions in the genital skin and mucosa. HSV-2 initially infects genital epithelial cells before ...

System from Quest Diagnostics’ products business is first FDA-cleared Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 test that uses genital swab or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen collection Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: ...

WOBURN, Mass. and OXFORD, England, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rational Vaccines, a company focused on revolutionizing the treatment and prevention of herpes to eradicate the disease, today announced ...

Vaccines are one of the most important medical inventions of modern times that have saved and enhanced innumerable lives around the world. Despite the technological advances in vaccine design and ...

Although condoms probably can prevent herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection, research data on the issue are sparse. To learn more, researchers studied 1843 men and women who were participants ...

Genocea Biosciences announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1/2a clinical study with its lead candidate, GEN-003. GEN-003 is an investigational vaccine designed to stimulate T cell and B cell ...

Serum YKL-40 levels in patients with cervical cancer are elevated compared to patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and healthy controls No significant financial relationships to disclose.

Objective: The objective of this study was to provide information on the prevalence of herpes simplex infections in the general population in Europe. Goals: The goals of this study were to determine ...

Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) seroprevalence from a weighted sample of adults attending relatively affluent, suburban primary care physician ...