Herpes virus
Chapter: 18
A double stranded DNA type 2 virus that is a common cause of sexually transmitted genital infections. Histologically, the lesion show intraepithelial vesicles with several multinucleated epithelial cells having large nuclei with eosinophilic inclusions and ballooning degeneration of epithelial cells. It causes painful vesicles and ulcers on the vulva, vagina and cervix.