A rare case of Epstein-Barr virus-induced Bell palsy in an 18-year-old highlights the need for EBV testing in sudden facial ...

HSV-1 primarily causes oral herpes, while HSV-2 most often causes genital herpes. However, either strain can be seen in any location, as they can transmit from genital to oral and vice versa.

In contrast, langerin-negative dermal DCs are the main antigen-presenting cell for CD4 + T cells after scarification-induced HSV-1 infection and after natural reactivation (Fig. 1a,b).

Research published 30 years ago made a connection between HSV-1 and Alzheimer's disease. Doctors weigh in on how relevant (or not) it remains.

More information: Herpes simplex virus type 1 reshapes host chromatin architecture via transcription machinery hijacking, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60534-6 ...

Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are a heterogeneous group of immune cells that mediate the cellular immune response by processing and presenting antigens for recognition by certain lymphocytes ...

Most neonatal herpes infections are the result of undiagnosed, new-onset herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in the mother. How can mother-to-child transmission be prevented to improve outcomes?

Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), it turns out, also redecorates, according to a new study in Nature Communications. Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered ...

July is observed as Sarcoma Awareness Month. Sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that affects muscles, fat, nerves, and other connective tissues. About 15,000 people in the U.S.

Genital herpes sores may look similar to pimples, but they require different treatment. Here’s how to differentiate between them, what you can do, and more.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and ...

In another part of the study, the researchers found that using an experimental cancer drug to block one of the transcription proteins that HSV-1 steals prevented it from replicating in human lung ...