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Genital Herpes (Herpes Simplex Virus)
1990 Case Definition
Clinical description
An illness characterized by visible, painful genital
or anogenital lesions
Laboratory criteria for diagnosis
- Isolation of herpes simplex virus from cervix,
urethra, or anogenital lesion, or
- Demonstration of virus by antigen detection
technique in clinical specimens from cervix, urethra, or anogenital
lesion, or
- Demonstration of multinucleated giant cells
on a Tzanck smear of scrapings from an anogenital lesion
Case classification
Probable: a clinically
compatible case (in which primary and secondary syphilis have
been ruled out by serology and darkfield microscopy, when available)
with either a diagnosis of genital herpes based on clinical presentation
(without laboratory confirmation) or a history of one or more
previous episodes of similar genital lesions
Confirmed: a clinically compatible case
that is laboratory confirmed
Comment
Herpes should be reported only once per patient.
The first diagnosis for a patient with no previous diagnosis
should be reported.
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