Using straightforward language, Dr. Sacks, a renowned expert on herpes, provides information on herpes prevention, ways to dramatically reduce the risk of transmitting herpes, herpes and the newborn, herpes and cancer, and more.
A common viral infection, herpes, in its different forms, can produce cold sores and fever blisters on the mouth or genital sores. Although herpes cannot be cured, there are many treatment options available today to prevent its outbreaks and decrease its associated discomforts.
Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. have genital herpes, yet there remains adearth of useful, updated information for those diagnosed. Warren offers thisuplifting, complete guide to living and loving with genital herpes.
This volume provides an overview of the latency strategies developed during the estimated 200 Myears long coevolution of Alpha-, Beta- and Gammaherpesvirinae and their host species. The main emphasis is on herpesviruses infecting humans. However, relevant cases if herpesviruses infecting animals are covered as well. Special emphasis is drawn on ...
The remarkable ability of herpesviruses to escape immunity brings together the two disciplines of immunology and virology in an inextricable way. Because herpesvirus can induce, suppress, and fool the immune system, the most productive herpesvirologists are also expert immunologists, and the results of this latest interdisciplinary effort document ...
This text aims to provide practical advice to the key clinician who is faced with managing herpesvirus infections. It addresses questions such as: there are antiviral treatments for many of these infections, but who should be getting these drugs and who should not?; what are the advantages, if any, of the new drugs over the old ones?; what is the ...
This comprehensive account of the human herpesviruses provides an encyclopedic overview of their basic virology and clinical manifestations. This group of viruses includes human simplex type 1 and 2, Epstein-Barr virus, Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, cytomegalovirus, HHV6A, 6B and 7, and varicella-zoster virus. The viral diseases and ...
Covers every important clinical aspect of human herpesvirus infections, including viral pathogenesis, and presents techniques in virology. New information regarding the influence of psychological stressors on herpesvirus latency, particularly from the field of psychoneuroimmunology, is provided.
While there's no cure for herpes, there is hope. Controlling Herpes Naturally is still the first and only book devoted exclusively to discussing the many natural remedies readily available to treat and prevent genital herpes, cold sores and shingles. This second edition features additional alternative methods --from diet, herbs, homeopathy, ...
Written by nearly two dozen of the world's foremost herpes virologists, this volume presents a review of all human herpesviruses identified to date. The book provides up-to-date information on the molecular biology of herpes simplex viruses, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus, human herpesvirus 6 and 7, and B virus and the ...
"Presented in clear terms, this encyclopedic summary (with color photos) includes symptoms, diagnoses, pain reduction, complications involving cancer and pregnancy, and more"--Cover.
The illnesses caused by herpes viruses in general and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) especially have been known since antiquity. Since the discovery of VZV, which is one of the major human pathogens, knowledge has accelerated rapidly. This is a study of the virus, edited by a research group at the German university in Witten/Herdecke. This group ...
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