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- Cold Sores - Genital Herpes - Herpes Transmission - Oral SexUpdated: Wed Jul 2 23:32:34 2008
The herpes virus that causes cold sores may prefer to live near your mouth, but that doesn't mean it can't spread to your genitals… - Genome - Definition of GenomeCreated: Wed Jul 2 18:27:14 2008
The genome is the genetic "dictionary" of an organism… - Cold Sores - Oral Herpes and Cold Sore - HSV-1Created: Wed Jul 2 18:23:46 2008
Cold sores are herpes too, so why is it that they are so much less stigmatized than genital herpes? Understand the differences, and similarities, between the two conditions… - Genital Herpes and HIV - Genital Herpes Increases Risk of HIVCreated: Mon Jun 30 15:48:58 2008
Genital herpes isn't just a problem in and of itself, it also increases your risk of getting HIV… - Gold Standard - STD Testing and the Gold StandardCreated: Mon Jun 9 18:08:56 2008
The "gold standard" is a term often used whe talking about medical testing, including STD testing. What is the gold standard exactly? Find out here… - STD Test Results - False Positive or False Negative STD Test ResultsUpdated: Mon Jun 9 15:04:17 2008
No diagnostic test is perfect. Although most modern STD tests are very good, no test is going to be 100% accurate 100% of the time. So what do you do if you get two different results of your STD te… - Positive Predictive Value - Definition of Positive Predictive ValueUpdated: Mon Jun 9 14:23:20 2008
The positive predictive value tells you how likely it is that you actually have the disease if you test positive… - Herpes Transmission - Herpes Treatment - Suppressive Therapy for Her…Updated: Fri Jun 6 20:14:40 2008
Even if you don't ever have herpes outbreaks, there may be some benefit to using daily suppressive therapy. This is because even people who have never had an outbreak can transmit the virus to thei… - Prevalence - Definition of PrevalenceCreated: Wed Jun 4 18:33:08 2008
Prevalence is a term often used when discussing a disease. Learn the definition of the term prevalence…