Clinical Course of Patients With Serologic Evidence of Recurrent Genital Herpes Presenting With Signs and Symptoms of First Episode Disease
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Nearly 10% of patients diagnosed with genital herpes may have been infected in the distant past, rather than recently. Researchers tested 498 patients with apparently newly acquired herpes simplex infection. Testing of the virus type indicated that 41 patients were likely infected in the past. Newly infected and previously infected patients had similar symptoms and sexual histories, but previously infected patients had genital lesions that healed more rapidly and developed less frequently. Testing herpes patients for viral type may improve efforts to identify the sexual partner that likely transmitted the infection.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1999
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Locus of Control for General Health and STD Acquisition Among Adolescent Girls
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Many girls believe they or their sexual partner have control over whether they contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD). This was the conclusion of a survey of 128 girls who were sexually active. The girls were more sure that they could control their exposure to an STD than they were about their overall health in general. This shows that sexually active girls might be receptive to using female-controlled methods of STD prevention like the female condom or antibiotic gels that can be inserted in the vagina.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1999
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College Students' Attitudes Regarding Vaccination to Prevent Genital Herpes
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Many college students might accept a vaccine against genital herpes if the cost was minimal and they were convinced of its value. In a survey of 518 college students, 100 said they would not be vaccinated, 207 said they would, and 211 were not sure. Low cost and a doctor's recommendation were most likely to convince them to be vaccinated. However, those who believed they did not need a vaccine were most likely to reject it.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1999
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