"space herpes" meaning in English

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          "alt": "skin condition from reactivated VZV herpesvirus in later life",
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          "ref": "1985, “1984 entertainment: Movies to see and shun”, in Michiganensian, volume 89, page 60",
          "text": "Ice Pirates “A ‘Star Wars’ rip-off with S&M scenes, twelfth-rate jokes, and ‘space herpes’”",
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          "ref": "2009 September 17, Wil Wheaton, quotee, “Wil Wheaton's ‘Memories of the Futurecast’ Engages us With Awesome”, in Wired",
          "text": "Oh! Did we mention that there are families aboard the Enterprise? Yeah, it turns out there are. Because Starfleet did this study and realized that Space Herpes - also known as Kirk's Syndrome - spreads considerably slower if its officers have their spouses and children onboard their ship.",
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          "text": "“Space herpes got your tongue, boy?” The man came to a stop in front of him. ¶ For some reason the idea of a mutated venereal disease frightened him more than the idea this man could mug him or worse.",
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