Both oral and genital herpes are particularly easy to spread when you have active lesions (cold sores or genital ulcers). But even with no symptoms, herpes can still be spread to a partner. And ...

Initial presentation. In Europe and the US, HSV is the most common cause of genital ulceration (Fig. 4). The incubation period, from inoculation with the virus to signs of infection, is highly ...

The objectives of the present study were: to establish the herpetic etiology of the postoperative vesicular facial lesions that appear after trigeminal sensory-root section; to determine by ...

251). Primary lesions are more severe and painful than recurrent lesions (see Figure 1). Secondary or recurrent herpes labialis appears at the outer edge of the lips (Brady & Bernstein ...

A viral culture test for detection of the herpes simplex virus involves collecting cells from a fresh sore or lesion and growing them in a lab. This process allows to determine if HSV is present.

Both oral and genital herpes are particularly easy to spread when you have active lesions (cold sores or genital ulcers). But even with no symptoms, herpes can still be spread to a partner.