Genital Herpes

Other Places To Get Help

Organizations

American Herpes Foundation (AHF)
Hackensack, New Jersey
Phone:	(201) 342-4441
Fax:	(201) 342-7555
Web Address:	www.herpes-foundation.org
The American Herpes Foundation (AHF) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing information and clinical education about genital herpes and other herpesvirus-related disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA  30333
Phone:	1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) (404) 639-3534
TDD:	1-888-232-6348
E-mail:	cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Web Address:	www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html
The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention is a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Their Web site provides information and updates on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and tuberculosis (TB). You can also find fact sheets on these health topics.
Herpes Resource Center (HRC) of the American Social Health Association (ASHA)
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
Phone:	1-800-227-8922, Resource Center hotline (919) 361-8400
Fax:	(919) 361-8425
Web Address:	www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_overview.cfm
This organization provides information over the phone and online. It offers educational materials, including books, booklets, a bibliography, audiocassettes, videotapes, a quarterly journal, and links to other resources on herpes.
International Herpes Management Forum
Web Address:	www.ihmf.org
This Web site includes information and links to resources about herpes viruses.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health
NIAID Office of Communications and Public Liaison
6610 Rockledge Drive, MSC 6612
Bethesda, MD  20892-6612
Phone:	1-866-284-4107 toll-free (301) 496-5717
Fax:	(301) 402-3573
TDD:	1-800-877-8339
Web Address:	www3.niaid.nih.gov
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases conducts research and provides consumer information on infectious and immune-system-related diseases.

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Author:	Sandy Jocoy, RN	Last Updated: January 13, 2009
Medical Review:	Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - Infectious Disease
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