Researcher Yoshihiro Izumiya is delving into the complex world of herpesviruses. These viruses often lie dormant for years, then wake up to wreak havoc on their hosts, causing severe diseases and ...

It has been shown that Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) and Varicella-zoster Virus (VZV) share antigenic determinants and that the VZV genome contains homologous regions to HSV-1 and HSV-2 genomes.