Durukan D, et al. - Considering the reports of rising herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genital infections relative to HSV-2 which have been published up to 2006 in Australia, researchers assessed the temporal trends of HSV-1 and HSV-2 up to 2017 in Melbourne, Australia to investigate if the earlier trend is continuing. They calculated HSV-1 and HSV-2 as a proportion of all first episode of anogenital HSV infections in this retrospective review of the medical records of 4517 patients who were diagnosed with first episode of anogenital HSV infection at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Australia, between January 2004 and December 2017. Women were noted to display a rise in the proportion of first-episode anogenital herpes due to HSV-1 since 2004. In younger populations, women and MSM, they identified HSV-1 as the leading cause of anogenital herpes.