The only drugs that will work against herpes infections are antiviral medications.

For this reason it is very important to prevent genital herpes infection during pregnancy.

Women also are at a greater risk of having complications from a genital herpes infection.

Blood tests can find antibodies that are made by the immune system to fight a herpes infection.

An active herpes infection affecting the area to be treated.

A herpes infection may cause only a single outbreak of sores.

Women with an older herpes infection have antibodies against the virus, which help protect the baby.

Women were tracked for 20 months to see if the shot prevented herpes infection or disease.

Several years ago, herpes infection was shown to cause hardened arteries in animals.

Other herpes infections can affect the eyes, skin, or other parts of the body.