In March 2025, the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) advised that clade I mpox no longer meets the criteria for a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) and recommended derogation.

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IT IS now widely accepted that most adults are latently infected with the virus of herpes simplex.1 , 2 This latent infection may be activated by a large number of apparently dissimilar stimuli suc ...

A specialist eventually solved the puzzle and diagnosed Juwaan with herpes simplex virus (HSV) in his eye. LOOK: The Pretoria suburb crumbling before residents' eyes ...

1 Introduction Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common virus, divided into two types HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 usually causes infections around the mouth and HSV-2 usually causes infections around the ...

Once a person is infected with the herpes simplex virus (HSV), it remains in your body for life, but will often remain dormant and not cause symptoms. Get in touch with our news team by emailing ...

Luke Alsford Published March 10, 2025 5:08pm Updated March 10, 2025 10:22pm Comments Juwan’s eye had to be stitched closed due to complications from the infection (Picture: Michelle Saaiman) ...

Table 1 Host-Parasite Relation of Herpes Simplex. The clinical pictures that can be caused by this virus in persons who react to their first exposure with illness show a wide variety (Table 2).