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[General properties of human herpesviruses]
1Laboratoire de virologie Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris.
La Revue Du Praticien
|March 25, 2000
Abstract:
The human herpesviruses share common structural and biological properties. After primary infection, they remain in a latent state during the life-time. Whereas infections are most often benign in immunocompetent individuals, severe infectious or tumoral complications may occur particularly in patients with cellular immunodeficiencies. Anti-viral drugs target viral replication, but have no effect on latency, which remains poorly understood.