Around 1 in 5 of the world’s under 50s living with genital herpes (HSV)

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Source: Nephron

Around 1 in 5 of the world’s under 50s—846 million people—are living with genital herpes infection, and more than 200 million 15-49 year olds probably had at least one symptomatic outbreak of the infection in 2020, suggest the latest global estimates.

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