Herpes
Article Sources
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
Wu, A. (2006). Tietz Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, Fourth Edition. Saunders Elsevier, St. Louis, Missouri. Pp 1568-1569.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Genital Herpes - CDC Fact Sheet. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed July 2009.
Hunt, Richard. Virology: Herpes Viruses (Chapter 11). Microbiology and Immunology On-line. University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Available online at http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/virol/herpes.htm through http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu. Accessed July 2009.
Lifestyle from Yahoo Canada. Herpes virus - 8 types. Available online at http://health.lifestyle.yahoo.ca/channel_section_details.asp?text_id=1364&channel_id=1028&relation_id=22614 through http://health.lifestyle.yahoo.ca. Accessed July 2009.
Deborah Fornstrom, M.T. (ASCP). The Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO.
Kristi Lookner, M.T. (ASCP). The Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO.
Sources Used in Previous Reviews
Thomas, Clayton L., Editor (1997). Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA [18th Edition].
Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (2001). Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 5th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO.
(2004 May 24, Updated). Genital Herpes. CDC, STD Facts & Information, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/std/Herpes/STDFact-Herpes.htm through http://www.cdc.gov.
Wener, K. (2004 February 3, Updated). Herpes genital (genital Herpes simplex). MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000857.htm.
(2004 May, Updated). Herpes: What It Is and How to Deal With It. AAFP familydoctor.org [On-line information]. Available online at http://familydoctor.org/x5050.xml.
(2003 November 21, Updated). Genital Herpes. NIAID Fact Sheet [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdherp.htm through http://www.niaid.nih.gov.
(2004). Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV). ARUP's Guide to Clinical Laboratory Testing [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.arup-lab.com/guides/clt/tests/clt_a281.jsp#1151353 through http://www.arup-lab.com.
(2003 August 07). Mayo Clinic Staff. Genital herpes. MayoClinic.com [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00179 through http://www.mayoclinic.com.
(2000 May 17). Herpes Simplex Virus DNA UltraRapid 24 hr turn around. Specialty Laboratories [On-line test information]. PDF available for download at http://www.specialtylabs.com/education/download_PDF/tn_1106.pdf through http://www.specialtylabs.com.
(2004). Sevall, J. and Blum, R. Herpes Simplex Viruses. Specialty Laboratories, Use and Interpretation of Laboratory Tests Books [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.specialtylabs.com/books/display.asp?id=367 through http://www.specialtylabs.com.
(2001). Herpes: Get the Facts. ASHA National Herpes Resource Center [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/educate.html through http://www.ashastd.org.
(2004 May 24). Herpes More Prevalent Than Thought. MedlinePlus by UPI [On-line News]. Available online (until June 23 2004) at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_17929.html.
