A recent study from the lab led by former lab members Drs. Veronica Davé, Laura Richert-Spuhler, and Tanvi Arkatkar asks an interesting question about T cell exhaustion after infection with herpes ...

Previously, we discovered geldanamycin, a ligand of heat shock protein 90, effectively inhibited herpes simplex virus type 1 replication in vitro and in vivo (mouse encephalitis model). In this ...

Current evidence does not support a benefit for antiviral medication in asymptomatic HSV-2 infection, according to the report. Because of its relatively short asymptomatic period (studies suggest ...

This includes two strains of the virus: HSV-1 and HSV-2. The analysis indicates that around 376 million people are infected with HSV-1, while 519 million are living with HSV-2.

The herpes simplex virus comes in two forms: HSV-1 and HSV-2, causing oral herpes and genital herpes. Learn more about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these viruses.

HSV-2: This is the virus that usually causes genital herpes and it is spread through both skin-to-skin contact and sexual contact. This virus is highly contagious whether sores are present or not.

About one-fifth of all people ages 12 and up in the U.S. are infected with the HSV-2 virus that causes genital herpes, but as many as 90% don't know it. (By comparison, experts estimate 50% to 80% ...

HSV-2 is responsible for 90% of genital herpes episodes and is known to flare up over the years. And their numbers are moving in opposite directions. Plus, rates of infection vary depending on ...