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 herpes ['hә:pi:z]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 疱疹

[医] 疱疹




    herpes
    [ noun ]
    1. viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane

    2. <noun.state>
    3. any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin

    4. <noun.animal>


    Herpes \Her"pes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. "e`rphs, fr. "e`rpein to
    creep.] (Med.)
    An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to
    its form, or the part affected, caused by a herpesvirus
    infection; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small
    distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling,
    including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from
    its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to
    another.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    1. Well, maybe not the herpes.
    2. Resistant viruses have not been found in otherwise healthy people who take the drug for ordinary outbreaks of genital herpes sores. Researchers disagree over whether the resistant viruses will spread into the general population.
    3. Wellcome's future depended upon its ability to generate volume growth, said Mr Robb. The main driving force last year was Zovirax, Wellcome's herpes, chicken pox and shingles drug.
    4. The herpes B virus, better known as the monkey virus, is found in more than 50 percent of rhesus monkeys, a type of macaque.
    5. He estimates the gross profit margin to be 60%, which is less than the 80% margin on its succesful herpes drug Zovirax.
    6. Monoclonal Antibodies Inc. introduced a test that it claims can detect the presence of herpes simplex virus, or HSV, within five minutes.
    7. Another trial for genital herpes showed Valtrex twice a day was as effective as Zovirax five times a day. Wellcome expects to submit Valtrex for approval to treat shingles during the first half of next year.
    8. Also planned are studies of its effects in combination with other drugs such as the herpes drug acyclovir, or the immune-system booster interferon.
    9. The virus is herpes simplex type 1, the same one that causes cold sores; a different virus, herpes simplex type 2, causes genital herpes.
    10. The virus is herpes simplex type 1, the same one that causes cold sores; a different virus, herpes simplex type 2, causes genital herpes.
    11. The virus is herpes simplex type 1, the same one that causes cold sores; a different virus, herpes simplex type 2, causes genital herpes.
    12. In the United States, the leading causes of genital ulcer disease are herpes, syphilis and chancroid in that order, but in Africa the bacterial infection chancroid is first.
    13. Dr. Nachtigall adds that his scrupulous adherence to the American Fertility Society's guidelines for pretesting donors for such diseases as herpes, hepatitis and AIDS makes the risk of infection "extremely low."
    14. The biotechnology company said the non-radioactive DNA probe-based test allows detection of an active herpes infection within two hours after sampling a suspected lesion.
    15. Besides acquired immune deficiency syndrome, genital herpes and chlamydia have since emerged as important sexually transmitted diseases.
    16. Pseudorabies is caused by a herpes virus.
    17. Pharmaceuticals group Wellcome was restrained in early trading as the latest audit data on sales of its Zovirax treatment for herpes prompted profit-taking.
    18. An epidemic of a herpes virus has killed hundreds of seals in Danish and German waters, and researchers believe it may be linked to pollution.
    19. It was put on the shelf until the mid-1980s, when Burroughs Wellcome Co. looked into its use as a treatment for herpes.
    20. The latter has the lion's share of the Pounds 750m a year herpes market, with the leading drug Zovirax.
    21. In the early 1980s a herpes epidemic, carried on a tide of sexual promiscuity, appeared to be sweeping through the west.
    22. "The best thing we can do now is eradicate all of the fish at infected hatcheries, disinfect and start over," Dr. Terence Bradley, a University of Rhode Island researcher leading the trout herpes study, said Wednesday.
    23. And although the skin rash and other symptoms go away, the infection, like all herpes infections, can reappear months or years later.
    24. A California doctor said the old polio vaccine has relieved some cancer lesions, herpes infections, swollen lymph nodes and fatigue among AIDS sufferers.
    25. The drug, acyclovir, does not cure genital herpes, but it makes outbreaks of sores less severe and makes them heal faster.
    26. Sales of Zovirax, its herpes treatment, are expected to grow by about 20 per cent during the next two years, reaching Pounds 820m by 1994.
    27. "If our hypothesis is correct, it could lead to treatment that would prevent the herpes virus from being flashed on," said Dr. Harry Jacob, head of hematology at the University of Minnesota and leader of the study.
    28. Paul Miller, a scientist at Johns Hopkins and one of the pioneers of anti-sense research, reported on progress in the development of an anti-sense molecule against the herpes simplex virus.
    29. The saliva collection device could be used to test for diseases from hepatitis to herpes, says Ms. Worton.
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