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Herpes simplex virus 1 strain 17+ with R2 mutation in UL37 has residual retrograde transport.
Microbiology spectrum - 6 Jan 2026
Walter Marius, Haick Anoria K, Massa Paola A, Klouser Lindsay M, Stensland Laurence, Santo Tracy K, Xie Hong, Jerome Keith R
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes lifelong recurrent infections. Following primary infection of the oral or genital mucosa, HSV-1 travels retrogradely through axons and establishes latency in the cell body of ganglionic neurons of the peripheral nervous system. Periodic reactivation in neurons and anterograde transport of virions back to peripheral regions cause oral or genital ulcerations. Many host and...
Topics
- Herpesvirus 1, Human
- Animals
- Mice
- Female
- Herpes Simplex
- Mutation
- Viral Structural Proteins
- Virus Latency
- Disease Models, Animal
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Humans
- Vero Cells
