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Genital Herpes Simplex Recurrent Infection STDClinical signs and symptoms Recurrent infection in females may be so minor or hidden from view in the vagina or cervix that it is unnoticed. Recurrences cannot be predicted, but they often follow sexual intercourse. Itching or pain may precede the recurrent lesion. A small group of vesicles appear, umbilicate in 1 or 2 days then erode and crusts. The lesion heals in 10 to 14 days. Vesicle are not seen under the foreskin or on the moist surfaces of the vulva or vagina. The virus can be cultured for approximately 5 days from active genital lesions, and the lesions are almost certainly infectious during this time. Males and females who have no symptoms can transmit the disease. Infection can develop in male patients from contact with female carriers who have no obvious disease. The infection may be acquired from an active cervical infection or from cervical secretions of a female who chronically carries the virus, from vulvar ulcers, from fissures, and from anorectal infection. |