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A wide extent of inter-strain diversity in virulent and vaccine strains of alphaherpesviruses.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Oct 2011
Szpara Moriah L, Tafuri Yolanda R, Parsons Lance, Shamim S Rafi, Verstrepen Kevin J, Legendre Matthieu, Enquist L W
Abstract excerpt
Alphaherpesviruses are widespread in the human population, and include herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and 2, and varicella zoster virus (VZV). These viral pathogens cause epithelial lesions, and then infect the nervous system to cause lifelong latency, reactivation, and spread. A related veterinary herpesvirus, pseudorabies (PRV), causes similar disease in livestock that result in significant economic losses....
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