No place to hide for herpes virus

sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 days (www.newscientist.com)

They say the difference between herpes and love is that herpes lasts forever. But new research hints at a way to chase the cold sore virus from its hiding place and get rid of it for good.

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Herpes infection may be symbiotic, help beat back some bacteria

athena submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.biologynews.net)

"Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis attributed the surprising finding to changes in the immune system triggered by the long-term presence of a latent herpes virus infection. In latent viral infections, the virus is present for the lifetime of the host in a relatively quiescent form that does not cause overt symptoms. "

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