HSV-1

And these days one of the biggest manifestations of HSV-1 on the lip that is the pro peloton is three-time Tour de France winner and former eponymous bike brand licensor Greg LeMond, who recently gave a speech at the "Play the Game" conference in Coventry, UK which can perhaps best be described as "epic":

A Shot in the Dark: The Art of Appropriating Blame BikeSnobNYC 2009

And because oral (HSV-1) herpes can thrive in other mucosal tissues, oral sex can cause genital infections.

Better Safe Than Sorry 2008

So, I expected all kinds of lectures on the horrors of HSV-1 and gingivitis, as I have received from previous dentists in the US.

Der Zahnarzt C N Heidelberg 2008

So, I expected all kinds of lectures on the horrors of HSV-1 and gingivitis, as I have received from previous dentists in the US.

Archive 2008-03-01 C N Heidelberg 2008

I had HSV-1, more commonly known as oral herpes, but I had it on my genitals.

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

Vero cells, uninfected or infected with herpes simplex virus type (HSV-1), were incubated with both types of radioactive acyclovir for 7 hours.

Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy 1988

Johnson had encephalitis, a dangerous inflammation of the brain, caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 HSV-1 - the same organism that causes cold sores.

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While HSV-1 infects more than half of the U.S. population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, herpes simplex encephalitis affects only a few hundred Americans a year, experts estimate.

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Johnson's were negative for bacteria, positive for HSV-1.

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The condition can be triggered by a number of viruses, but HSV-1 is believed to be the most common single cause - though that is hard to say for sure, since in many cases the virus causing the illness is never identified.

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