Oral herpes

News

	Live and Love Short Film Competition Winners Announced Congratulations to the winner of the Live & Love Herpes Short Film Competition. Ah! Real Herpes! has taken the $10,000 judges choice award.
	Live and Love: A Short Film Competition about Herpes Make a 30 second film about HSV for a chance to win $30,000 in the AHMF's Live & Love short film competition.
	How to take a swab for herpes The AHMF has released a six minute video demonstrating correct technique for taking diagnostic swabs for herpes.

Clinical guidelines

	Managing oral herpes Oral herpes is the cause of cold sores, a recurrent and unsightly condition affecting millions of Australians. This guidelines discusses diagnosis, management (topical and oral), transmission, complications and pathogenesis.
	The diagnosis of herpes simplex viruses HSV infections are often diagnosed clinically, but laboratory diagnosis is required for prescribing antiviral medications under Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Diagnosis can be confirmed with one of four methods in Australia: viral isolation, direct antigen detection, PCR and type-specific serology.

Research

	HSV prevalence in the Australian population AHMF Board members Prof Anthony Cunningham and Prof Adrian Mindel are contributing authors in the first representative, nationwide, population based survey of HSV-1 and 2 seroprevalence undertaken in Australia.
	2004 travel scholarship winner: HSV-1 in axons Dr Monica Saksena, the 2004 winner, presented her winning paper at the 2005 International STI Conference at the University of Turku in Finland. The paper was also published in the Journal of Virology.

Video

	Herpes swabbing technique Good swabbing technique maximises the probability of achieving accurate diagnotic results. This video clearly demonstrates the AHMF’s recommended method.
	HSV-1 as a sexually transmitted infection HSV-1, the common cause of oral herpes, or cold sores, is increasingly isolated from genital herpes lesions. Presented by Professor Adrian Mindel at the 2006 Australian Herpes Management Forum Breakfast Forum.

Transcripts

	HSV-1 as a sexually transmitted infection PowerPoint file of Professor Arian Mindel’s presentation is attached.

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