Herpes Simplex

Another reason not to get with rugby players

cwilcox | September 29, 2008

Two words: "Herpes Gladiatorium". To be accurate, it's really a reason not to come into any physical contact with rugby players or sumo wrestlers, but since sumo wrestlers don't tend to be tall, muscular men with sexy foreign accents and devilish grins, there's less need to be reminded to steer clear of them. Researchers in Japan have discovered a new strain of this incurable virus which, according to an article published in the October issue of the Journal of General Virology, is even more pathogenic. "Herpes Gladitorium", or "Herpes Rugbiorum", is a variant of Herpes Simplex (the cold sores…