The primary reason genital herpes has reached epidemic proportions throughout the world relates to the fact that:

Question

A) A large percentage (70%) of those infected experience no symptoms of the disease.
B) The lesions (LSILs) occur on the cervix and can only be detected by a Pap test.
C) Lesions take a long time to incubate and the small papules are usually located inside the vagina.
D) The organism spreads upward to the prostate gland in males and fallopian tubes in females.

Answer 1

Ans: A
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Persons infected with HSV-1 remain at risk for acquiring HSV-2. Most cases of HSV-2 infection are subclinical, manifesting as asymptomatic or symptomatic but unrecognized infections. These subclinical infections can occur in people who have never had a symptomatic outbreak or they can occur between recognized clinical recurrences. Up to 70% of genital herpes is spread through asymptomatic shedding by people who do not realize they have the infection. Transient HPV infections can develop low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs) of the cervix as detected on a Pap test, colposcopy, or biopsy. Lesions of LGV can incubate for a few days to several weeks and thereafter cause small, painless papules or vesicles that may go undetected. If untreated, gonorrhea spreads from its initial sites upward into the genital tract. In males, it spreads to the prostate and epididymis; in females, it commonly moves to the fallopian tubes.