Article
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...
Topics
- Animals
- Herpes Simplex
- Humans
- Movement
- Mutation
- Nervous System
- Recurrence
- Simplexvirus
- Virus Activation
- Virus Replication
