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In these places, fewer people are getting oral herpes infections and more getting genital herpes.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Researchers found that more than one in five adults aged 15 to 49 years are living with genital herpes worldwide.
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Dr. Tal Patalon, Md, Llb, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Approximately 846 million people between 15 and 49 years old (more than one in five) were living with a genital herpes infection as of 2020.
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Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Around one in every five people aged below 50 around the world is infected with incurable genital herpes, researchers have newly estimated.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
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“Genital herpes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genital%20herpes. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
genital herpes
noun
: herpes simplex of the type typically affecting the genitalia
Medical Definition
genital herpes
noun
: herpes simplex of the type affecting the genitals
called also herpes genitalis
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