Effect of immunization on acute and latent infections of vaginouterine tissue with herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2.

J Infect Dis, 1977/5;135(5):744-52.

Walz MA, Price RW, Hayashi K, Katz BJ, Notkins AL

PMID: 192810

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Abstract
Inoculation of mice with herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) by the vaginal route resulted in viral shedding during the acute phase of the infection and the development of a latent infection in vaginouterine tissue lasting up to one year in greater than 25% of the animals. Immunization with either serotype of HSV markedly reduced viral shedding when animals were subsequently challenged with the homologous serotype, but immunization with HSV-2 was significantly less effective in preventing the development of a latent infection in the vaginouterine tissue after challenge than was immunization with HSV-1.
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