Cold sore discovery IDs unknown trigger for those annoying flare-ups (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Cold sore discovery IDs unknown trigger for those annoying flare-ups

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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers Patryk Krakowiak and Anna Cliffe, PhD, have identified an uknown way dormant herpes simplex virus-1 reactivates in the body, paving the way for interventions to prevent that from happening.

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Courtesy Cliffe lab

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