Re:Herpes Virus Reactivation in Astronauts During Spaceflight
by yakshaving_jgt on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:11PM
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To clarify: you don't spread herpes around your mouth or genitals, because that's not where herpes takes up latency.
HSV takes up latency in usually either the dorsal root ganglion (which typically presents with lesions in the genital region), or in the trigeminal ganglion which typically presents with oral lesions.
You are right that infection with one strain does not necessarily grant immunity to infection with another strain.
It is also not true that oral lesions necessarily indicate HSV1 infection, and that genital lesions necessarily indicate HSV2 infection.
HSV takes up latency in usually either the dorsal root ganglion (which typically presents with lesions in the genital region), or in the trigeminal ganglion which typically presents with oral lesions.
You are right that infection with one strain does not necessarily grant immunity to infection with another strain.
It is also not true that oral lesions necessarily indicate HSV1 infection, and that genital lesions necessarily indicate HSV2 infection.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK47447/