<unk>  is one of the most infectious of<unk> -caused diseases, and is transmissible by skin-to-skin contact. The disease was first described in the 1960s in the New England Journal of Medicine. It is caused by contagious infection with human<unk>  simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which more commonly causes oral<unk>  (cold sores). Another strain, HSV-2 usually causes genital<unk> , although the strains are very similar and either can cause<unk>  in any location. While the disease is commonly passed through normal human contact, it is strongly associated with contact sports—outbreaks in sporting clubs being relatively common. Other names for the disease are<unk>  rugbiorum or "scrumpox" (after rugby football), "wrestler's<unk> " or "mat pox" (after wrestling). In one of the largest outbreaks ever among high-school wrestlers at a four-week intensive training camp, HSV was identified in 60 of 175 wrestlers. Lesions were on the head in 73 percent of the wrestlers, the extremities in 42 percent, and the trunk in 28 percent. Physical symptoms sometimes recur in the skin. Previous adolescent HSV-1 seroconversion would preclude most<unk> , but being that stress and trauma are recognized triggers, such a person would be likely to infect others.
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