Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD HSV-1 usually causes oral herpes, while HSV-2 primarily affects the genitals.Herpes often ...

In one discovery, Roizman established that nurses had been transmitting HSV between infants, leading to better hygiene in ...

Ms Mulindwa added: "'When symptoms do occur, they may include painful blisters or ulcers around the genitals, anus or mouth, ...

He mapped the herpes simplex virus genome, revealing how it invades cells. His work also helped lay the groundwork for ...

Herpes simplex virus partially liquefies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a new study shows. The research centers on how the nucleus of each human cell ...

Defects in a single protein involved in cell death may impair the immune system's ability to combat a herpes viral infection in the central nervous system, scientists have found in new research that ...

The incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in the UK and Ireland increased dramatically over 15 years, and outcomes remained poor, with mortality and long-term neurologic ...

Cold sores are common infections in children. They’re also called fever blisters, oral herpes, or herpes labialis. Despite their name, cold sores don’t have anything to do with colds. Cold sores are ...

A class of antivirals called Pin1 inhibitors could reduce or stop outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the common infection behind oral herpes, according to new research published in Antiviral ...

But there was one type of sexually transmitted infection that saw cases increase over the last year. First episode genital ...