The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 45 million people in the United States have genital HSV, with up to a half-million new cases identified each year.

Herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1) is a member of the α-herpesvirus subfamily and is capable of causing herpes simplex keratitis, herpes labialis, and herpes simplex encephalitis. HSV-1 is well known ...

HSV-2 is the main cause of genital herpes. HSV-1 may also cause genital herpes, although it more often causes herpes lesions around the mouth. Although it is rare that HSV-2 spreads through oral ...

Both herpes simplex viruses (HSV) can cause internal and external symptoms, like sores. Herpes symptoms of HSV type 1, which is normally transmitted through kissing or sharing objects like ...

The surfaces of the respiratory tract (nose, mouth, and throat) are continuous and made up of similar tissues ... Cold sores are caused by the herpes virus, usually herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1).

A new study has identified a potential link between Alzheimer’s disease and the herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1). The new research also found that tau protein in the brain, considered a hallmark ...

We herein found that ICP34.5 can act as an antagonistic factor for the reactivation of HIV latency by herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1), and thus recombinant HSV-1 with ICP34.5 deletion could more ...

Herpes simplex virus 1 -- the virus behind oral herpes -- appears to trigger the appearance of tau protein in the brain, researchers say. This tau might initially protect the brain from the virus, but ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV), one of the most common viral agents, causes painful blister-like lesions predominantly on the mouth (herpes labialis) (Fig. 1) and the anogenital areas (Fig.

“The group discovered that traumatic brain injury is one of the ways to get inflammation that is able to result in reactivation of HSV-1, and that has a whole bunch of implications.” ...

Some of these can be potentially harmful, but simply lie dormant within our cells. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), found in over 80% of people, and varicella-zoster virus, found in 95% of people ...