Persons Without Asymptomatic Genital Herpes Still Shed Virus

MedWorm: Genital Herpes Persons Without Asymptomatic Genital Herpes Still Shed Virus April 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM Although the rate of shedding is lower, people who are HSV2-positive but asymptomatic shed virus on about 10% of days when no lesions are present. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines) MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find out how you can get your message posted here and on over 100,000 other medical web pages in just a couple of days, plus support MedWorm at the same time. Genital herpes can spread without symptoms: study April 13, 2011 at 9:54 AM People with genital herpes can still be contagious even when they don't have symptoms or don't realize they have the infection, a new study finds. (Source: CTV Health) Dangerous Genital Herpes May Be Hidden, Get Checked! April 13, 2011 at 4:00 AM A new Swedish study has found that herpes may be more hidden than previously thought and just not having visual confirmation of the sexually transmitted disease doesn't mean you aren't infected. In the study, just four out of ten patients with genital herpes actually knew that they had the disorder, and a third of those did not realize that they had been infected reported typical symptoms at a follow-up visit... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) Genital herpes can spread despite lack of symptoms April 12, 2011 at 6:47 PM NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with genital herpes can still be contagious even if they don't have symptoms, according to a study that raises the question of whether all adults should be screened for the disease. (Source: Reuters: Health) Genital Herpes' Silent Spread April 12, 2011 at 4:05 PM The majority of the 16% of Americans infected with the genital herpes virus don't get noticeable sores -- but 10% of the time, they shed enough virus to infect a sex partner. (Source: WebMD Health)