This photograph depicted a close view of a patient’s vulva, revealing evidence of an outbreak of herpes genitalis, which had manifested as a pustular-vesicular rash around the vaginal introitus due to the herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) virus

This photograph depicted a close view of a patient’s vulva, revealing evidence of an outbreak of herpes genitalis, which had manifested as a pustular-vesicular rash around the vaginal introitus due to the herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) virus. Contributed from the CDC/ Susan Lindsley (Public Domain)

From: Herpes Simplex Type 2

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