What Percent Of The World Has Herpes

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HIV/AIDS in Arab World Up 300 Percent

At a UN Development Program meeting yesterday in Bahrain, Sayed Aqa, UNDP's country coordinator and representative, said HIV/AIDS cases have increased 300 percent in the Arab world over the past three years. "This is against an annual rate of... Read more »

Maternal Deaths Fall 34 Percent, Still Above UN Target

The World Health Organization reported today that the number of women dying from complications of pregnancy and childbirth has fallen by 34 percent since 1990. Factors credited for the improvement include better training for midwives, enhanced... Read more »

WHO Raises African Budget 30 Percent to $949 Million

Africa will receive the World Health Organization's largest regional budget increase -- 30 percent to $949.5 million -- for efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and malaria in 2006-07, WHO's Africa director, Luis Gomes Sambo, said Tuesday at a meeting in... Read more »

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pakistan 10 and 3 percent HBV and HCV

Hi doctor Dieterich'sIn pakistan 10 and 3-7 percent people suffer from HBV and HCV respectively as from research done in Pakistan. For HIV officially 1400 HIV positive are reported.I would ask you as route of transmission is same for all three...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

Dear Dr Imran,Hepatitis B and HIV are both classic sexually transmitted diseases and are transmitted in the same way. HIV and HCV are both transmitted parenterally through IV drug use, iatrogenically, through re-used needles, through tattoos, body... Read more »

Herpes I = Herpes II

I have herpes I (cold sores.) I've been told that if you have Herpes I you are not infected with Herpes II (genital herpes.) Is that true? Is it possible to have both?...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

It is true that you can be infected with both HSV (herpes simplex virus) I and HSV II. Almost 90 percent of Americans are infected with HSV-1 (the type that typically causes cold sores/fever blisters around the mouth), mostly through non-sexual... Read more »

Genotype Percentages in US/World HVC populations

I have genotype 2b, which my infectious desease doctor said was "very rare", but I keep reading about all these questioners having 2b at this Ask the Expert Site. So just what are the percentages in America and the World of HVC infected...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Genotypes 2 and 3 together make up about 25 percent of the infections in the US. It is found in pockets elsewhere in the world depending on the individual country. The bottom line is that you have the "easiest" to treat genotype. There is... Read more »

A question from the third world ( no hiv couselling available here).

Dear Dr. Bob,I am from very poor country, Nepal. My 5 antibody hiv1/2 elisa tests were ve out to 22 months (5,15,18,20,22months) after an unprotected sexual exposure. But the dark purple lesion with darker ring around it on my shin bone (left leg)...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your repeatedly negative HIV-1/2 ELISA tests out to 22 months plus your undetectable HIV DNA PCR qualitative test at 22 months from the time of your potential exposure are definitive and conclusive. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how.... Read more »

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worlds collide

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello everyone! I am in a situation in witch any comments are VERY welcome.I've been worried and stressed about hiv for about 4 months now...and things are getting strange.my backround is:I am a white male in my early 20's.I have a small genitil... Read more »

HIV Positive Gay Dating / Dating Gay Men with Herpes

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http://www.PozKiss.com is an anonymous, warm-hearted and exclusive community offers dating and friendship options for people with a wide variety of personal preferences including interracial, gay, lesbian and bisexual singles and others with HIV and... Read more »

Herpes Window

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I know this is slightly out of place, but there is no other good forum for sexually transmitted diseases that I could find. For those of you worried about obtaining herpes (I see a lot of questions about unprotected oral sex), the window period for... Read more »

10 Percent

Posted by Bear60

I just love this ten percent number that everyone keeps throwing around.
10% of all men are gay
Today, in the paper were the results of a study done on STRAIGHT men....seems 10% of them have sex with other men. These are men who identify as straight.... Read more »

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