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GuidelineInternational journal of STD & AIDS2025

British Association of Sexual Health and HIV UK national guideline for the management of anogenital herpes, 2024.

Raj Patel, John Green, Benjamin Moran, Emily Clarke, Kanchana Seneviratne, Ceri Evans, Felicity Young, Marian Nicholson, Emanuela Pelosi, Margaret Kingston and 1 more

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Guideline in International journal of STD & AIDS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Raj PatelRoyal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, UK.
John GreenSmith and Rowcroft Draughting Ltd, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
Benjamin MoranCroydon University Hospital, London, UK.
Emily ClarkeLiverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9340-1417
Kanchana SeneviratneSomerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton, UK.
Ceri EvansChelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
Felicity YoungSolent Sexual Health, Isle of Wight, UK.
Marian NicholsonHerpes Viruses Association, London, UK.
Emanuela PelosiUniversity Hospitals Trust, Southampton, UK.
Margaret KingstonManchetser University NHS Trust, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5792-8529
Elizabeth FoleyRoyal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The guideline provides recommendations on the management of adults with anogenital herpes in the UK. Recommendations include diagnostic tests, management of the primary or first episode of anogenital herpes and recurrences, effectiveness of therapy, prophylaxis, and prevention of transmission between partners, as well as patient centred counselling.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsHerpes GenitalisAdultHerpesvirus 2, HumanHumansSexual HealthSexual PartnersUnited KingdomAntiviral AgentsantiviralEuropeherpesherpes simplex virus

Identifiers

PMID39374063
PMCPMC11773994

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