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What Is The Most Common Drug For Herpes?
Article updated and reviewed by David Aronoff, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School on May 9, 2005.
There are two types of HSV, HSV-1 and HSV-2.
HSV-1 is usually responsible for cold sores (
HSV-2 is the one that most commonly causes
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