Herpes Essay

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Genital Herpes is a viral disease that is common in the United States. It’s casual agent is the herpes simplex virus type 2 but it can also be caused by herpes simplex type 1. “Humans and animals serve as reservoirs for herpes simplex but only humans demonstrate signs of the disease.”(http://www.austincc.edu/microbio/2704w/hsv1.htm) Genital herpes is mainly transmitted through any sexual activity where the genitals from both partners meet or through oral sex, when a person’s mouth comes in contact with with their partner’s infected genital. Herpes simplex has been around for thousands of years. It was first documented and named by the people of Greece. Herpes means to “creep,” which is exactly how the sores would spread from one location to another. It was in 1873 when Emile Vidal, first came to the realization that the herpes simplex virus can be transmitted from human contact with one another. Between the 1920’s and the 1930’s was when more studies started to occur on the herpes simplex virus and the discovery was made that HSV is a latent virus. Knowing this information, in 1940 ...

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