Diamondback Online - Health officials warn STI tests not all-inclusive

Diamondback Online - Health officials warn STI tests not all-inclusive:

"Health officials warn STI tests not all-inclusive
Herpes and warts testing not included at health center"

This news caught many students off guard.

“I’m surprised that you can’t test for herpes; I didn’t know that,” said Emile Stanley, a junior psychology major. “I didn’t think it mattered; I thought it could test for all of them.”

“I would assume that they test everything possible ... I would think [the health center] would put it as a priority to test,” said Amy Ravi, a junior biology major.

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Is There A Vaccine For Fever Blisters?

Currently there is no vaccine for herpes simplex virus available to the public. Many research laboratories, however, are working on this approach to preventing fever blisters.

For example, scientists at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have developed a promising experimental herpes vaccine.

In tests on laboratory mice, the vaccine has prevented the herpes simplex virus from infecting the animals and establishing itself in the nerves.

Although these findings are encouraging, the scientists must complete more animal studies on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine before a decision can be made whether to test it in humans.

The vaccine would be useful only for those not already infected with herpes simplex virus.