Resources

Where can I get more information?

You can get more information about genital herpes from your healthcare provider or from the following websites:

• Quest Diagnostics Patient Health Library
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP)
• WebMD
• eMedicineHealth
• www.ashastd.org
• www.valtrex.com

HerpeSelect product information:

• HerpeSelect 1 and 2 Immunoblot IgG
• HerpeSelect 1 ELISA IgG
• HerpeSelect 2 ELISA IgG
• HSV Serum Panel

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2006. MMWR 2006; 55(no. RR-11).
2. Rhoda Ashley-Morrow, Inaccuracy of Certain commercial Enzyme Immunoassays in Diagnosing Genital Infections with HSV Type 1 and HSV Type 2, Am J Clin Path: 2003; 120: 839-844.
3. Langenberg A, Corey L, Ashley R, et al. A Prospective study of New Infections with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Type 2. N Engl J of Med 1999; 340: 1432-8.
4. Rhoda Ashley-Morrow et al. Time of Seroconversion by HerpeSelect ELSA After Acquisition of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) or (HSV-2). Sexually Transmitted Diseases April 2003; 310-314.
5. Mertz GJ, Benedetti J, Ashley R, Selke SA, Corey L.Ann Intern Med. 1992 Feb 1;116(3):197-202. Risk factors for the sexual transmission of genital herpes.
6. Cone et al. J Clin Micro. 31 (7): 1774. (1993)
7. ASHA Herpes testing toolkit. 2004