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USPSTF Reaffirms Recommendation Against Genital Herpes Screening

Based on the evidence, the USPSTF continues to recommend against screening of asymptomatic adults and adolescents

Viral Shedding Common After First-Episode Genital HSV-1 Infection

Genital HSV-1 shedding often asymptomatic; genital lesions, oral lesions, and oral viral shedding less common

USPSTF Continues to Recommend Against Genital Herpes Screening

No new evidence identified to support changes to the 2016 recommendation against routine serologic screening for genital herpes

Subjects with Alzheimer's disease have increased levels of two strains of human herpesvirus

Increased Levels of Human Herpesvirus ID’d in Alzheimer’s

Disruption of molecular, genetic, clinical networks by human herpesvirus in brains of subjects with AD
The prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 is 47.8 and 11.9 percent

HSV-1 Prevalence 47.8 Percent in 14- to 49-Year-Olds

Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 is 11.9 percent; both declined from 1999-2000 to 2015-2016
A new vaccine for herpes simplex virus type 2 could be nearing human clinical trials

Early Study Results Promising for Genital Herpes Vaccine

Two-pronged approach tested on lab monkeys, guinea pigs
The novel herpes simplex virus (HSV) helicase-primase inhibitor pritelivir is more effective than valacyclovir for reducing genital HSV-2 shedding

Pritelivir Beats Valacyclovir for Genital HSV-2 Shedding

Phase 2 trial shows decline in relative risk of herpes simplex virus shedding over 28 days
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine serologic screening for genital herpes simplex virus infection in asymptomatic adolescents and adults

USPSTF Recommends Against Routine HSV Screening

High proportion of false-positive results and associated psychological harms with screening
Three injections of a therapeutic vaccine may control herpes simplex virus 2 as effectively as daily pills for at least a year

ISDA: Vaccine Might Help Prevent HSV-2 Transmission

Three-dose regimen seems as effective as daily pills, but more research needed
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against routine serologic screening for genital herpes simplex virus infection in adolescents and adults who are asymptomatic

USPSTF Recommends Against Screening for Genital Herpes

Grade D recommendation against routine screening for asymptomatic adolescents and adults