Differences in herpes virus symptoms may relate to variations in strain gene expression
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Why do some people with cold sores around their lips experience painful lesions, while others have no symptoms at all, yet still spread the virus? A new study conducted at Penn State finds that these differences could be due to variations in the way certain strains of herpes simplex (HSV-1)—the virus that causes cold sores, as well as genital herpes—activate gene expression in neurons.
