Herpes infections frequent in adolescent girls

[Guest guest]

Found this article. Doesn't surprise me. My daughter has herpes virus growing in

her

intestines... along with Rubella and Measles viruses...

So if vaccines are causing this, as is the suspicion among the biomed

community... how do

they propose to PROTECT aganist it? More vaccines?

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Herpes infections frequent in adolescent girls

By Anne HardingMon Jul 31, 12:01 PM ET

Infections with the virus that causes genital herpes are common among teen

girls, a new

study shows.

While none of the young women in the study had oral or genital herpes symptoms,

some

of those who tested positive for the virus were shedding it in their vaginal

area, meaning it

would be possible for them to transmit the infection to others, Dr. H.

Fife of the

Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and colleagues report.

" It was something that we sort of expected to find based on the incidence of

other

sexually transmitted infections in this population, " Fife told Reuters Health in

an interview.

A national survey of the US population conducted between 1988 and 1994 found

that

more than one in five people over 12 had blood tests that showed evidence for

infection

with herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV 2), the virus typically responsible for genital

herpes, Fife

and his team note in their report in the July issue of Sexually Transmitted

Diseases. This

represents a 30 percent increase from 1976-1980. There is also evidence that

genital

infections with HSV 1, which normally causes cold sores around the mouth, are on

the rise,

they add.

To examine the incidence and prevalence of both strains of the virus among

adolescent

women, Fife and his team analyzed data from a study in which a group of young

women

were followed closely to determine if they contracted any sexually transmitted

infections.

Their analysis included results of blood and genital specimen tests obtained

every three

months from100 women aged 14 to 18.

At the study's outset, they found, 59.6 percent of the women tested positive for

HSV 1,

while 13.5 percent carried HSV 2. During the follow-up period, from 1999 to

2004, four of

the study participants contracted new HSV 1 infections, while seven acquired HSV

2.

Among the women who developed new HSV 2 infections, none had symptoms of genital

herpes, but three were shedding the virus in their vaginal area.

It is likely that at least some of the new HSV 1 infections that occurred among

women in

the study were genital, given that genital HSV 1 infections are quite common in

young

adults, the researchers note.

They conclude, " HSV infections are common in adolescent women. " They point out

that

efforts to reduce these infections " need to target children before adolescence. "

SOURCE: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, July 2006.