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  1. The amino acid #Lysine "exerts a partially inhibitory effect upon virus multiplication." The virus named in the study is the same that causes cold sores.

    This study suggests that eating foods higher in lysine (milk, eggs, fish) and avoiding foods higher in arginine (chocolate, peanuts, coconut, tree nuts) could reduce cold sore outbreaks.

    #HSV #HERPESSIMPLEX #coldsore

    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/

  2. Aus für Lippenbläschen und Genitalherpes? Ein neu entwickelter Mini-Antikörper kann das Herpesvirus neutralisieren – schon bevor die Infektion ausbricht. #Herpes #Lippenherpes #Virus #Herpessimplex #Medizin
    scinexx.de/news/medizin/mit-na

  3. NEW ON DRYAD: The herpes simplex virus pUL16 and pUL21 proteins prevent capsids from docking at nuclear pore complexes

    Dataset▶️ bit.ly/4isumqa
    Article▶️ bit.ly/4lH0N6U published in PLOS Pathogens

    #openaccess #opendata #virology #nucleocapsids #herpessimplex #sciencesky

  4. More than half of #chickenpox #diagnoses are wrong, study finds
    #PublicHealth researchers in Minnesota found that 55% of people diagnosed with chickenpox based on their symptoms were actually negative for the #varicellazoster #virus, the virus that causes chickenpox. Lab testing showed that some of the #patients were actually infected with an #enterovirus, which can cause a rash, or the #herpessimplex virus 1, which causes cold sores.
    arstechnica.com/science/2024/0