THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
VIRUSES AND PRIONS
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chronic
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latent
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acute
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persistent
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Detailed explanation-1: -The success of HSV can be attributed to the establishment of lifelong persistent infection of the host, termed latency. During latent infection, no infectious virus is produced from infected cells, disease is absent from the host and transmission does not occur.
Detailed explanation-2: -The average incubation period for an initial herpes infection is 4 days (range, 2 to 12) after exposure.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is a neurotropic virus that establishes a life-long latent infection in the trigeminal ganglia (TG) (or Gasserian ganglia) of the infected human host.
Detailed explanation-4: -Herpes simplex virus (HSV), in particular, undergoes a productive infection in the mucosal epithelium and spreads to sensory neurons where it undergoes a latent infection. Reactivation leads to virus shedding but can also lead to recurrent disease.