2006 Herpes breakfast forum (outline)

The Herpes Breakfast Forum was held as part of the Australasian Sexual Health Conference in Melbourne, 2006. It featured a panel of Australia’s leading experts in herpesvirus infections in a forum addressing transmission, diagnosis and management issues.

Topics under discussion included:

• HSV1 as an STI
  Professor Adrian Mindel
• The best way to Diagnose HSV
  Dr Dominic Dwyer
• Screening for HSV in HIV+ Patients
  Dr Darren Russell
• Management of HSV in Pregnancy
  Associate Professor Cheryl Jones

Transcripts and videos

	Screening for HSV in HIV+ patients  PowerPoint file of Dr Darren Russell’s presentation is attached.  More…
	HSV-1 as a sexually transmitted infection  PowerPoint file of Professor Arian Mindel’s presentation is attached.  More…
	2006 Herpes breakfast forum: Questions and answers transcript  During the 2006 Herpes Breakfast Forum, audience members posed a number of questions to a panel of experts. Here are the answers they gave, both on the day and with extra amendments added later.  More…
	2006 herpes breakfast forum introduction  Introductory remarks by Professor Suzanne Garland  More…
	The diagnosis of HSV—is there a “best” way?  Presented by Professor Dominic Dwyer at the 2006 Australian Herpes Management Forum Breakfast Forum. Discusses viral culture, PCR, western blot, type-specific serology  More…
	HSV-1 as a sexually transmitted infection  HSV-1, the common cause of oral herpes, or cold sores, is increasingly isolated from genital herpes lesions. Presented by Professor Adrian Mindel at the 2006 Australian Herpes Management Forum Breakfast Forum.  More…
	Management of HSV in pregnancy  Presented by Associate Professor Cheryl Jones at the 2006 Australian Herpes Management Forum Breakfast Forum .  More…
	Screening for HSV in HIV+ patients  Presented by Dr Darren Russell at the 2006 Australian Herpes Management Forum Breakfast Forum.  More…
	2006 breakfast forum panel discussion  Panel discussion to conclude the Australian Herpes Management Forum Breakfast Forum 2006. Questions from the audience answered by the panel, comprising Professor Suzanne Garland, Professor Adrian Mindel, Dr Darren Russell, Dr Dominic Dwyer and Associate Professor Cheryl Jones.  More…