Terms: Herpes
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• Reference and Periodicals > Medical > Diseases and Conditions > Shingles and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
• Counselor > HIV and AIDS > Prevention > Circumcision
• Counselor > HIV and AIDS > Prevention

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1. Vaccine for Prevention of Herpes Falls Short (Time.com)
   "Encouraged by the success of vaccines against human papillomavirus, researchers began developing a shot that they hoped would immunize women against another sexually transmitted virus, herpes. But the latest results, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, aren’t encouraging." 01-12

2. Shingles (WebMD.com)
   "Shingles is a painful skin rash camera. It is caused by the varicella zoster virus. Shingles usually appears in a band, a strip, or a small area on one side of the face or body. It is also called herpes zoster."

3. Circumcision Pros and Cons (U.S. News)
   "Well, a study of 5,000 initially uncircumcised Ugandan men in this week's New England Journal of Medicine found that once the men underwent circumcision, their rate acquiring herpes virus infection plunged by 28 percent and they were 35 percent less likely to get infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), which is responsible for genital warts and, in women, cervical cancer."
   
   "Previous research has shown that circumcision reduces infection with the HIV virus by 60 percent—although other studies have shown no difference in rates of certain sexually transmitted diseases between circumcised and uncircumcised men." 04-09