herpes simplex
viral disease caused by the herpes simplex virus
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Summary
herpes simplex is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 9,446 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #34 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Subclass of: viral infectious disease[5], Simplexvirus infectious disease[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Herpes simplex[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: S71[9]
- Symptoms and signs: rash[10], low-grade fever[11], blister[12], lymphadenopathy[13]
- Has cause: Simplexvirus humanalpha1[14], Simplexvirus humanalpha2[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Herpes[16]
- Disease transmission process: contact transmission[17], airborne transmission[18], placental transmission[19]
- Facet of: women's health[20]
- ICD-9-CM: 054[21], 058.89[22]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[23], dermatology[24]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: vidarabine[25], benzocaine[26], foscarnet[27], trifluridine[28], penciclovir[29], valacyclovir[30], aciclovir[31], docosanol[32], acedoben sodium[33], famciclovir[34]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8566[35], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8566[36]
- Maximal incubation period in humans: 12 day[37]
- Minimal incubation period in humans: 4 day[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[39], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[40], gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[41]
Why It Matters
herpes simplex has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]