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Herpes Simplex Virus Infections

Definition The Pathogen Among the herpesviruses, HSV-1 and HSV-2 are most closely related, with approximately 60% genomic homology. Historically, HSV-1 was more frequently associated with nongenital (especially orolabial) disease and HSV-2 with genital disease, but that distinction has become blurred…