How to Use herpes simplex in a Sentence

herpes simplex

noun

• On the other hand, herpes (the STI) is caused by the herpes simplex virus.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 21 Apr. 2021
• About half the population of the U.S. is thought to have herpes simplex 1.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021
• The herpes simplex virus — which comes in two forms — raises the risk of acquiring HIV.
  — Jason Mast Reprints, STAT, 21 Apr. 2023
• Also on the list of smoochable threats is herpes simplex 1, the virus responsible for cold sores.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
• Cold sores, also known as herpes labialis, are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
  — Dr. Leslie Baumann, miamiherald, 19 Feb. 2018
• Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus-1, also called oral herpes or HSV-1, and are contagious.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 26 Feb. 2018
• Short for herpes simplex virus, HSV comes in two varieties.
  — Karen Kaplan, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
• The formula consists of fragments of genes from the herpes simplex virus and E. coli bacteria, along with coral and cabbage.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, Woman's Day, 26 Jan. 2015
• The man had entered the trial with an infection of herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1), which mainly causes cold sores.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2017
• Cold sores are usually caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1).
  — Christa Sgobba, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
• However, nearly half of American adults have the first type of herpes simplex virus.
  — Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, 7 Feb. 2018
• Doctors were about to take a needle filled with herpes simplex virus, the strain responsible for cold sores, and plunge it directly into his scalp.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2021
• The question then arose as to whether the microbe was a more virulent form of a common existing pathogen, such as ubiquitous herpes simplex, or if AIDS was caused by a new one.
  — Kenneth H. Mayer, STAT, 7 June 2021
• This gene, which is lab-engineered but based on elements found in E. coli and the herpes simplex virus, causes the female offspring’s cells to produce lots of a protein called tTAV.
  — WIRED, 21 Nov. 2022
• Oral herpes is an infection usually caused by the herpes simplex virus 1, or HSV-1.
  — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• One prevailing theory is that herpes simplex virus may be the culprit.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2020
• Lab tests indicated Brothers had herpes simplex virus, but the health department did not report the results to her.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• The majority of these are thought to come from a viral infection, especially herpes simplex virus 1, the kind that causes cold sores.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2021
• The prevalence of both genital and oral herpes simplex virus infections has declined steadily since 2000.
  — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018
• One method taps engineered herpes simplex virus to drop up to 30 times more genomic medicine than existing systems.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2022
• Similarly, drugs that are used to treat the herpes simplex virus aren't effective against other herpes viruses.
  — NBC News, 7 May 2020
• The pièce de résistance was the cluster of blisters atop my skin lesion—the hallmark of varicella-zoster and its close relative, herpes simplex, the virus that causes cold sores and genital herpes.
  — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2012
• The boyfriend’s test, taken under Cochran’s supervision, showed infection with herpes simplex virus.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 12 July 2019
• Researchers already know that some conditions, such as HIV and herpes simplex, can cause brain inflammation that leads to cognitive decline, Isaacson said.
  — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
• Shingles and herpes simplex are more devious, hibernating like a bear until severe stress wakes them up, often years later.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Oct. 2021
• Howard and Dan Castner led the squad last season as head coach Steve Castner was recuperating from herpes simplex encephalitis, a virus causing cerebral dysfunction that took him out for most of last season.
  — Sierra Newton, Cincinnati.com, 31 Mar. 2020
• There are a few viruses out there that have stubbornly resisted all efforts to develop a vaccine, including hepatitis C, herpes simplex and HIV.
  — Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2020
• In the United States, bacterial infections can cause meningitis, as can enteroviruses, mumps and herpes simplex.
  — New York Times, 3 June 2021
• Ancient chimpanzees genetically passed oral herpes (herpes simplex 1, or HSV-1) to the earliest humans millions of years ago when our lineage split.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Oct. 2017
• The university has acknowledged that there were serious problems with Halford’s work, and its medical school has halted all herpes simplex virus research.
  — Amanda Schaffer, WIRED, 1 May 2018

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024