Herpes

Herpes is a disease caused by herpes simplex [viruses].

An infection infects the epithelium cells of the skin or mucosa and dies. The virus then crawls into nearby nerve cells and persists there for life. A therapy cannot prevent this survival, it rather tries to prevent the virus from multiplying after an outbreak has occurred.

Beim Menschen sind zwei Formen von Herpes-Simplex-Viren bekannt:

• Herpes-simplex-Virus 1 (HSV-1, Herpes labials, Lippenherpes) und
• Herpes-simplex-Virus 2 (HSV-2, Herpes genitalis, Genitalherpes)

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