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Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus: How are Latency, Reactivation, Recurrent Disease and Therapy Interrelated?
1 Aug 2011
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Most humans are infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 in early childhood and remain latently infected throughout life. While most individuals have mild or no symptoms, some will develop destructive HSV keratitis. Ocular infection with HSV-1 and its associated sequelae account for the majority of corneal blindness in industrialized nations. Neuronal latency in the peripheral ganglia is established when...
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