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Category (Skin, General, Viral, Contagious)
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Viral Infections Characterized By Skin And Mucous Membrane Lesions
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System
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Integumentary System
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Organ
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Skin, Mucous membranes
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Alternate Names /Common Names
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- Cold sores
- Fever blisters
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Names in different languages
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- Parisarp in Hindi
- Salipi in Telgu
- Tanjun herupesu in Japanese
- l'herpès simplex in French
- Dānchún pàozhěn in Chinese
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ICD 10 Classification
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B 00
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World statistics
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35 to 40% of the world’s population is estimated to be affected
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Indian statistics
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- 16.6% of Indian population is seropositive for HSV-2
- 13.3% of Indian population has both HSV-1 & HSV-2 antibodies
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Most prevalent in
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There is a worldwide distribution of Herpes
- Some countries have very high seroprevalence of HSV
eg: Central African Republic (99%), Morocco (99%),
Syria (80 to 100%), Turkey (97%), Mali (93%), Uganda (91%)
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