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Genital Herpes Infection Affects Over 800 million people  

A recent study has estimated disease frequency of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections and genital ulcer disease (GUD). The estimates suggest that about 846 mi

Study points to herpes simplex virus as a risk factor for dementia

People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected.

Mum who thought she had ‘baby brain’ died of aggressive cancer six months later

Anneka Johnstone died just six months after she was diagnosed with a glioblastoma

Researchers find stronger immune response against herpes simplex virus 2 in obese mice

A team of researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, working with a colleague from Myunggok Medical Research Center, has found that test mice intentionally overfed to make them obese put up a stronger immune response against the herpes simplex virus 2 than did mice fed normally. In their paper published the journal Cell Reports, the group describes their work with testing immune response in lab mice and what they found.