http://www.articlesnatch.com/rss2/acycl acycl Articles from ArticleSnatch.com Rss Follow Up Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:28:02 -0500 Herpes is contracted through direct contact with an active lesion or body fluid of an infected person. Herpes transmission occurs between discordant partners; a person with a history of infection (HSV seropositive) can pass the virus to an HSV seronegative person. The only way to contract herpes simplex virus 2 is through direct skin-to-skin contact with an infected individual. To infect a new individual, HSV travels through tiny breaks in the skin or mucous membranes in the mouth or genital areas. Even microscopic abrasions on mucous membranes are sufficient to allow viral entry. Antibodies that develop following an initial infection with a type of HSV prevents reinfection with the same virus type -- a person with a history of orofacial infection caused by HSV-1 cannot contract herpes whitlow or a genital infection caused by HSV-1. In a monogamous couple, a seronegative female runs a greater than 30% per year risk of contracting an HSV infection from a seropositive male partner. If an oral HSV-1 infection is contracted first, seroconversion will have occurred after 6 weeks to provide protective antibodies against a future genital HSV-1 infection. HSV asymptomatic shedding occurs at some time in most individuals infected with herpes.HSV]]> mechanism]]> treatment]]> herpes]]> hsv 1]]> hsv 2]]> drugs]]> acycl]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Mechanism-Of-Herpes/815298 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:59:53 -0500 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Mechanism-Of-Herpes/815298