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Initiation and maintenance of latent herpes simplex virus infections: the paradox of perpetual immobility and continuous movement.
Reviews of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Klein R J
Abstract excerpt
During the acute phase of infection, herpes simplex virus (HSV) is taken up by nerve endings and travels, probably as a noninfectious nucleocapsid, toward the neurons of sensory ganglia. Infectious virus can be detected in ganglia for a limited period, after which the virus enters into a latent phase. It appears that synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid is not required and that an early viral protein and at least...
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