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Herpes and HPV
Herpes simplex and Papilloma viruses
Question | Answer |
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One thing that these two viruses have in common ? | * sexually transmitted |
HSV-2 = ? | * 60-70 % of cases and are below the waist |
HSV-1 = ? | * 30-40% and are above the waist |
How herpes is transmitted ? | * Genital-genital; genital-oral; oral-oral; mother to newborn |
Types of Herpes ? | * Symptomatic/asymptomatic primary and recurrent diease |
Issue with silent infections ? | * usu reactivation or recurrences, and is the main reason this virus is so easy to transmit, bc they don't even know they have it |