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Herpes simplex virus

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Herpes simplex virus
A virus that can cause fever and blistering on the skin, mucous membranes, or genitalia.
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herpes simplex virus
a virus in the family Herpesviridae that causes oral and genital disease, occasionally encephalitis, in humans and monkeys and fatal disease in owl monkeys and tree shrews.


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Disseminated neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is characterized by progressive multiple organ failure and high mortality rates.
Evidence is accumulating that herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is implicated in oncogenesis.
Eighty percent of the world's population has serological evidence of the herpes simplex virus type one (HSV-1, generally orolabial herpes), while 20 to 30 percent of the U.
 
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