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Regarding: "Medical research has not been able to find a way to halt the spread of herpes and the number of infected people keeps growing. In the United States alone, 45 million people are infected" ...
The first part of that quote from the wiki page is referring to herpes in general (genital and oral/labial), whereas the second part is referring to only genital herpes; so it should be made clear by stating as follows:
"Medical research has not been able to find a way to halt the spread of herpes and the number of infected people keeps growing. In the United States alone, 45 million people are infected with genital herpes".
I came to this Wikipedia topic to find out the rate of occurence of this disease, but there is nothing. Does anybody know anything of the rates of occurence? Maybe by country, maybe by state in the US, maybe by race in the US, maybe by gender, by various groups (gays, etc). Nothing here at the moment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.141.105 ( talk) 20:09, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
I just saw an article on this on Reuters and came here to look it up. Might be useful. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0923528620100309 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.236.208.22 ( talk) 09:40, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
The CDC report lists the prevalence of HSV-2 seroprevalence in people aged 14-49 as roughly 16% (1). Note that HSV-1 is a significant and increasingly common cause of genital herpes (2) yet it does not factor into this statistic. Also note that HSV-2 may cause oral herpes, so seroprevalence does not necessarily equate to infection with genital herpes. Because of the above two points, listing the percentage of HSV-2 seroprevalence as the overall prevalence of genital herpes infection is incorrect. The article should be changed to more accurately describe the available data. The CDC or a more authoratitive source should be referenced instead of a Reuters article. 1. http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats13/other.htm 2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564733/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haygd0340 ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Is this sentence correct? "Genital herpes cannot be cured, once the individual gets the virus it will always stay in their body" because then there's no point in doing research if you already know it's not possible to cure. Luisdanielmesa ( talk) 02:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Should probably state: Although researchers seek a cure, to date, no known cure exists for genital herpes. Once an individual is infected with the virus, it is expected that the virus will remain in the body.
There are two types of natural, antivirals which are designed to ensure the virus remains in its' latent phase and does not cause outbreaks. The product is called Gene-Eden Vir/ Novirin <Polansky H, Itzkovitz E, Javaherian A. Clinical study of Gene-Eden-VIR/Novirin in genital herpes: suppressive treatment safely decreases the duration of outbreaks in both severe and mild cases. Clinical Translational Medicine. 2016 Dec; 5(1):40.>. It is a safe and effective treatment, without side-effects. For further information go to https://www.gene-eden-vir.com
Vitaherpavac — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.175.85.112 ( talk) 00:38, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
The picture is an extreme depiction of the infection. This page would be more accurate with a more mild image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.65.129.121 ( talk) 23:58, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
There was a series of edits today, diff is: [1]. The edits introduced many problems, largely the reliance on unacceptable sourcing for medical information, see WP:MEDMOS. Specifically some isssue were:
While there may be a few good things in there, like content sourced to the CDC, overall the edit was problematic so it was undone.
Ohnohedinnit could you please fix the issues before restoring? Thanks.
Zad
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17:10, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Zad
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03:21, 17 January 2014 (UTC)The version that I am going to restore has well-sourced material. Every sentence has multiple sources - from both popular references and scholarly journals. If you think that the popular references do not belong, then remove them. The text is supported by journal citations. Do you think the citations are factually incorrect? I can't tell exactly what your issue is. It appears to me that you are misreading WP:MEDRS as it says nothing about the automatic exclusion of these sources. Again, you are welcome to take them out if you feel strongly, but the text is accurate and additionally referenced by medical journals.
Again, the text I am restoring has important information that has been the consensus for the past month, before edits yesterday. It is a much more thorough and readable article. If you want to edit, please go ahead, but do not make a wholesale reversion on spurious grounds. There are ample journal references and adequate sourcing. Ohnohedinnit ( talk) 06:20, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Zad
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21:26, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Zad
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21:54, 21 January 2014 (UTC)The vaccine section should be updated, because except Ian Frazers Vaccine (Australian-based company Admedus) there are several genital herpes vaccines of which the main candidates already in trials are:
HSV-529 (by Sanofi Pasteur), GEN-003 (by Genocea Biosciences), VCL (by Vical).
and there is also ongoing research by Prof. Halford from SIU on his very safe and effective (tested on animals) vaccine - who currently searches for sponsors and support on the matter.
More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_research — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.24.154.201 ( talk) 16:11, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Review doi:10.1128/CMR.00043-15 JFW | T@lk 15:48, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
I have moved "herpes genitalis" to "genital herpes" as the latter is a more common name. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 04:48, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
I have sources that further outline the development of this vaccine.
Kenneth Fife, is the author of the study on this vaccine
https://www.stdtestexpress.com/std-news/herpes-vaccine-may-reduce-outbreaks/?tp8954=B
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Recurrence
After approximately 80% of first episodes of herpes genitalis caused by HSV-2, there will be at least one recurrence,
To:
Recurrence
After a first episode of herpes genitalis caused by HSV-2, there will be at least one recurrence in approximately 80% of people, 68.6.208.194 ( talk) 15:59, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
It is caused by both HSV1 and 2 per the second paragraph. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 13:19, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 8 August 2022 and 20 September 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sfmedstudent, Asikaroudi, JMOclaman ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by JMOclaman ( talk) 02:41, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
This article is a vital article rated as C-Class. I have chosen this article to edit as I have an interest in sexual health. The WP editing team consists of
Sfmedstudent and
Asikaroudi. Upon initial review, the article is missing sections for Diagnosis, Prevention, and Genital herpes and Pregnancy. We plan to focus on adding Diagnosis, Prevention, and Genital herpes and Pregnancy sections as well as adding to the Screening section and combining the Screening and Diagnosis sections. I added an OTC and Non-drug Treatment subsection under Treatments.
Sfmedstudent ( talk) 01:21, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
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Regarding: "Medical research has not been able to find a way to halt the spread of herpes and the number of infected people keeps growing. In the United States alone, 45 million people are infected" ...
The first part of that quote from the wiki page is referring to herpes in general (genital and oral/labial), whereas the second part is referring to only genital herpes; so it should be made clear by stating as follows:
"Medical research has not been able to find a way to halt the spread of herpes and the number of infected people keeps growing. In the United States alone, 45 million people are infected with genital herpes".
I came to this Wikipedia topic to find out the rate of occurence of this disease, but there is nothing. Does anybody know anything of the rates of occurence? Maybe by country, maybe by state in the US, maybe by race in the US, maybe by gender, by various groups (gays, etc). Nothing here at the moment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.141.105 ( talk) 20:09, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
I just saw an article on this on Reuters and came here to look it up. Might be useful. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0923528620100309 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.236.208.22 ( talk) 09:40, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
The CDC report lists the prevalence of HSV-2 seroprevalence in people aged 14-49 as roughly 16% (1). Note that HSV-1 is a significant and increasingly common cause of genital herpes (2) yet it does not factor into this statistic. Also note that HSV-2 may cause oral herpes, so seroprevalence does not necessarily equate to infection with genital herpes. Because of the above two points, listing the percentage of HSV-2 seroprevalence as the overall prevalence of genital herpes infection is incorrect. The article should be changed to more accurately describe the available data. The CDC or a more authoratitive source should be referenced instead of a Reuters article. 1. http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats13/other.htm 2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564733/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haygd0340 ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Is this sentence correct? "Genital herpes cannot be cured, once the individual gets the virus it will always stay in their body" because then there's no point in doing research if you already know it's not possible to cure. Luisdanielmesa ( talk) 02:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Should probably state: Although researchers seek a cure, to date, no known cure exists for genital herpes. Once an individual is infected with the virus, it is expected that the virus will remain in the body.
There are two types of natural, antivirals which are designed to ensure the virus remains in its' latent phase and does not cause outbreaks. The product is called Gene-Eden Vir/ Novirin <Polansky H, Itzkovitz E, Javaherian A. Clinical study of Gene-Eden-VIR/Novirin in genital herpes: suppressive treatment safely decreases the duration of outbreaks in both severe and mild cases. Clinical Translational Medicine. 2016 Dec; 5(1):40.>. It is a safe and effective treatment, without side-effects. For further information go to https://www.gene-eden-vir.com
Vitaherpavac — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.175.85.112 ( talk) 00:38, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
The picture is an extreme depiction of the infection. This page would be more accurate with a more mild image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.65.129.121 ( talk) 23:58, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
There was a series of edits today, diff is: [1]. The edits introduced many problems, largely the reliance on unacceptable sourcing for medical information, see WP:MEDMOS. Specifically some isssue were:
While there may be a few good things in there, like content sourced to the CDC, overall the edit was problematic so it was undone.
Ohnohedinnit could you please fix the issues before restoring? Thanks.
Zad
68
17:10, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Zad
68
03:21, 17 January 2014 (UTC)The version that I am going to restore has well-sourced material. Every sentence has multiple sources - from both popular references and scholarly journals. If you think that the popular references do not belong, then remove them. The text is supported by journal citations. Do you think the citations are factually incorrect? I can't tell exactly what your issue is. It appears to me that you are misreading WP:MEDRS as it says nothing about the automatic exclusion of these sources. Again, you are welcome to take them out if you feel strongly, but the text is accurate and additionally referenced by medical journals.
Again, the text I am restoring has important information that has been the consensus for the past month, before edits yesterday. It is a much more thorough and readable article. If you want to edit, please go ahead, but do not make a wholesale reversion on spurious grounds. There are ample journal references and adequate sourcing. Ohnohedinnit ( talk) 06:20, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Zad
68
21:26, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Zad
68
21:54, 21 January 2014 (UTC)The vaccine section should be updated, because except Ian Frazers Vaccine (Australian-based company Admedus) there are several genital herpes vaccines of which the main candidates already in trials are:
HSV-529 (by Sanofi Pasteur), GEN-003 (by Genocea Biosciences), VCL (by Vical).
and there is also ongoing research by Prof. Halford from SIU on his very safe and effective (tested on animals) vaccine - who currently searches for sponsors and support on the matter.
More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_research — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.24.154.201 ( talk) 16:11, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Review doi:10.1128/CMR.00043-15 JFW | T@lk 15:48, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
I have moved "herpes genitalis" to "genital herpes" as the latter is a more common name. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 04:48, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
I have sources that further outline the development of this vaccine.
Kenneth Fife, is the author of the study on this vaccine
https://www.stdtestexpress.com/std-news/herpes-vaccine-may-reduce-outbreaks/?tp8954=B
dfzrdi76oevf6d6z5ezitdfgftu8of66fr68tginhtguzktr5cv85rrrrrrrrrrrrrre7tk tk tk tk tk gmiiiiiicdgcde74id 76ki8o8bhjzgzbjgtzztgzhguifd46aq42wwsedrftgzlk,mjnhgfdswdfghjkgfdsasdfuivdsfxmkl78rey<xsze5ewtzztdtzcdbn8 xb bvtr ysb xsbdsyes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.199.86.78 ( talk) 13:12, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
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Change:
Recurrence
After approximately 80% of first episodes of herpes genitalis caused by HSV-2, there will be at least one recurrence,
To:
Recurrence
After a first episode of herpes genitalis caused by HSV-2, there will be at least one recurrence in approximately 80% of people, 68.6.208.194 ( talk) 15:59, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
It is caused by both HSV1 and 2 per the second paragraph. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 13:19, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 8 August 2022 and 20 September 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sfmedstudent, Asikaroudi, JMOclaman ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by JMOclaman ( talk) 02:41, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
This article is a vital article rated as C-Class. I have chosen this article to edit as I have an interest in sexual health. The WP editing team consists of
Sfmedstudent and
Asikaroudi. Upon initial review, the article is missing sections for Diagnosis, Prevention, and Genital herpes and Pregnancy. We plan to focus on adding Diagnosis, Prevention, and Genital herpes and Pregnancy sections as well as adding to the Screening section and combining the Screening and Diagnosis sections. I added an OTC and Non-drug Treatment subsection under Treatments.
Sfmedstudent ( talk) 01:21, 16 September 2022 (UTC)