Herpes simplex (medical condition): Virus with one subtype causing cold sores and another causing genital herpes.
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Herpes simplex: a variety of infections caused by herpesvirus types 1 and 2; type 1 infections are marked most commonly by the eruption of one or more groups of vesicles on the vermilion border of the lips or at the external nares, type 2 by such lesions on the genitalia; both types often are recrudescent and reappear during other febrile illnesses or even physiologic states such as menstruation. The viruses frequently become latent and may not be expressed for years. SYN: herpes catarrhalis, herpes facialis, herpes febrilis, herpes labialis, Simplexvirus.
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Herpes simplex: an infection caused by the herpes simples virus; affects the skin and nervous system; produces small temporary (but sometimes painful) blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
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Herpes simplex: infection caused by the herpes simplex virus; affects the skin and nervous system; produces small temporary (but sometimes painful) blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
Source: Diseases Database
Herpes simplex: A group of acute infections caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2 that is characterized by the development of one or more small fluid-filled vesicles with a raised erythematous base on the skin or mucous membrane. It occurs as a primary infection or recurs due to a reactivation of a latent infection. (Dorland, 27th ed.).
Source: MeSH 2007
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Herpes simplex: Herpes simplex is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the symptoms of Herpes simplex incude:
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Herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV -1) and type 2 (HSV-2). Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur, they typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Typically, another outbreak can appear weeks or months after the first, but it almost always is less severe and shorter than the first episode. Although the infection can stay in the body indefinitely, the number of outbreaks tends to go down over a period of years. (Source: excerpt from Genital Herpes: DSTD)
These medical disease topics may be related to Herpes simplex:
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Source - MeSH 2007
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The following list attempts to classify Herpes simplex into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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Source: Diseases Database
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