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Viral load a major factor affecting risk of sexually transmitting HIV

The level of HIV-1 in the blood of an HIV-infected partner is the single most important factor influencing risk of sexual transmission to an uninfected partner, according to a multinational study of heterosexual couples in ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NIST standard available for better diagnosis, treatment of cytomegalovirus

A new clinical Standard Reference Material (SRM) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help health care professionals more accurately diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus (CMV), ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows genital herpes can reactivate even during high dose antiviral therapy

A study combining three trials of antiviral therapy to treat genital herpes (herpes simplex virus type 2/HSV-2) has shown that the virus can reactivate in 'breakthrough episodes' even when doses of antiviral therapy are high. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows progress toward a genital herpes vaccine

An investigational vaccine protected some women against infection from one of the two types of herpes simplex viruses that cause genital herpes, according to findings in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The private nuclear rooms of herpesviruses

Researchers from Princeton University have discovered why, despite being bombarded by many different herpesviruses, infected cells produce only a limited number of those viruses. They report their findings in the current ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene is first linked to herpes-related cold sores

A team of researchers from the University of Utah and the University of Massachusetts has identified the first gene associated with frequent herpes-related cold sores.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds specific gene linked to cold sore susceptibility

Investigators have identified a human chromosome containing a specific gene associated with susceptibility to herpes simplex labialis (HSL), the common cold sore. Published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and now av ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UQ start-up research offers hope for herpes sufferers

A University of Queensland (UQ) start-up company, Coridon Pty Ltd, established to commercialise Professor Ian Frazer's work in developing next generation DNA vaccines, has successfully completed pre-clinical efficacy testing ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Double duty: Anti-HIV topical gel also protects against herpes virus

HIV infection is commonly associated with other sexual infections, such as herpes simplex virus (HSV). Infection with HSV facilitates the risk of HIV infection and negatively impacts the clinical course of HIV disease. Therefore, ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Antiviral drugs may slow Alzheimer's progression

Antiviral drugs used to target the herpes virus could be effective at slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a new study shows.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mega beats Mimi for world's biggest virus

A virus found in the sea off Chile is the biggest in the world, harbouring more than 1,000 genes, surprised scientists reported on Monday.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Study shows positive results for herpes vaccine

(Medical Xpress) -- A therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of genital herpes has shown positive results in studies in a number of animal models and in a small randomized clinical study. The results are published in two ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Sexually transmitted co-infections increase HIV risk: study

(Medical Xpress) -- Bacterial and viral sexually transmitted infections can exacerbate HIV replication in co- infected individuals, a team of Canadian researchers led by Charu Kaushic, associate professor of pathology and ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds shingles may be related to elevated risk of multiple sclerosis

Taiwanese investigators have found that there can be a significantly higher risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) occurring in the year following a shingles, or herpes zoster, attack. The findings, which support a long-held view ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Goodbye cold sores

Herpes infections on the lips, in the eyes or on the nose are painful, long-lasting and unpleasant. A new 3D herpes infection model brings hope: active ingredients and new treatments can be reliably tested ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Mongoose

Mongoose (plural: mongooses or, rarely, mongeese) is a name for any member of the family Herpestidae (although also used for some members of Eupleridae), a family of small, cat-like carnivores.

The word mongoose is derived from the Marathi name mangus (pronounced as "mongoose"), perhaps ultimately from Dravidian (cf. Telugu mungeesa, Kannada mungisi). The form of the English name (since 1698) was altered to its -goose ending by folk-etymology. It has no etymological connection with the word goose.

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