Mucosal Herpes Immunity and Immunopathology to Ocular and Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infections

Herpes simplex viruses type 1 and type 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are amongst the most common human infectious viral pathogens capable of causing serious clinical diseases at every stage of life, from fatal disseminated disease in newborns to cold sores genital ulcerations and blinding eye disease. Primary...

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Main Authors: Aziz Alami Chentoufi, Lbachir BenMohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/149135