British Association of Sexual Health and HIV UK national guideline for the management of anogenital herpes, 2024
British Association for Sexual Health an… · 2024 · United Kingdom
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- Authors
- Raj Patel, John Green, Benjamin Moran et al.
- Title
- British Association of Sexual Health and HIV UK national guideline for the management of anogenital herpes, 2024
- Journal
- International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2024
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Changes
- Verbatim excerpts; formatting adapted
Full text retrieved 2026-10-27 from Europe PMC · PMC11773994
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Abstract
The guideline provides recommendations on the management of adults with anogenital herpes in the UK. Recommendations include diagnostic tests, management of the primary or first episode of anogenital herpes and recurrences, effectiveness of therapy, prophylaxis, and prevention of transmission between partners, as well as patient centred counselling.
Contents of the original publication
The section headings of the original.
- What’s new in the 2024 guidelines?
- Introduction and methodology
- Objectives
- Target users
- Search strategy
- Recommendations
- Stakeholder involvement and piloting
- Definitions
- Anogenital herpes
- Aetiology
- Natural history
- Clinical features
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Asymptomatic viral shedding
- Prevention of Transmission
- Counselling
- Patient support
- Partner notification
- Herpes vaccines
- Management of genital herpes in people living with HIV
- Auditable outcome measures
- Local resource constraints on outcomes
- Membership of the CEG
- Editorial independence
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