The Impact of Genital Herpes in the United States – How Big Is the Problem and How Much Does It Cost?
Genital herpes, most often caused by HSV-2, is the most common ulcerative sexually transmitted disease in North America, with a seroprevalence of approximately 22% in Americans over 12 years of age. It is estimated that there are 1 million new cases of herpes infection each year; however, many of these cases are either unrecognized or misdiagnosed, allowing infected individuals to unwittingly transmit virus to their sexual partners, propagating the genital herpes epidemic.
