Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) is a sexually transmitted infection that can cause painful, recurrent lesions in the genital skin and mucosa. HSV-2 initially infects genital epithelial cells before ...

Pritelivir, an investigational antiviral for herpes simplex virus, demonstrated strong efficacy in a phase 3 trial, with 62.7% of immunocompromised patients achieving lesion healing. The ...

Pritelivir, an investigational antiviral drug for herpes simplex virus, demonstrated “superior efficacy” in healing lesions ...

In a subgroup analysis of people living with HIV enrolled in PRIOH-1, pritelivir demonstrated superior lesion healing, achieving 61% complete ...

New research helps explain why infection with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes, increases the risk for HIV infection even after successful treatment heals the genital skin ...

HSV-2 causes genital herpes, and neurological complications include aseptic meningitis and recurrent radiculopathy. HSV-2 also causes myelitis in immunocompromised individuals. Typical features of HSV ...

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) most commonly causes cold sores while HSV-2 is associated with genital herpes. But, it’s also possible to contract an HSV-2 infection in the mouth from sex without ...

Vaccines are one of the most important medical inventions of modern times that have saved and enhanced innumerable lives around the world. Despite the technological advances in vaccine design and ...

First-in-human study aims to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of prophylactic herpes virus vaccine candidate BNT163 BNT163 is the first candidate from BioNTech’s infectious disease mRNA vaccine ...

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Flair axial MRI. Note the prominent lesion in the left medial temporal lobe. A smaller lesion is present on the right. CSF PCR subsequently confirmed the diagnosis of ...