HSV-1 is an increasing cause of genital herpes, especially in high-income countries that have a declining rate of oral HSV-1 acquisition during childhood,4,5leaving individuals susceptible at initiation of sexual activity. An “epidemiologic tra...
Meaning Genital HSV-1 shedding was frequent after first-episode genital HSV-1 and declined rapidly during the first year of infection. Abstract Importance Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is the leading cause of first-episode genital herpes in many countries. Objective To inform counseling mes...
Since the antibody against HSV-2 infection (IgG) provides life-long immunity [35], we fitted I+R to the observed data of the number of sero-positive cases for the estimation of c and ϕ. To estimate c and ϕ, endemic equilibria of I i and R i were solved numerically with varied...
Figure 3a describes the meaning of HSV components: H is defined as an angle between 0◦ and 360◦ representing a pure color (e.g., pure yellow, orange, or red, etc.); S refers to how much a pure color is diluted with white light; and V is the brightness of the color. The ...