Word: simplex
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Died. Dr. Hans Moritsch, 41, Austrian virus researcher, director of the Vienna University Hygiene Institute, renowned for his pioneering work on human and tick-borne encephalitis; of herpes simplex encephalitis, a rare virus transmitted only by humans, apparently contracted during his laboratory experiments; in Vienna...
...transparent in 50% of Dr. Payrau's cases. Size is unimportant since only a segment of the human cornea is replaced. Dogs' eyes even have an advantage over humans': the dog never suffers from inflammation and scarring of the cornea due to infection with the herpes simplex (fever blister) virus. Human corneas are vulnerable to this virus...
...most of its victims, the cold sore that breaks out on the lips is an annoying, repetitive sign of a not too serious infection. But unlike its more benign viral cousins that cause the common cold, the herpes simplex virus that produces cold sores or fever blisters can in rare instances cause blindness, if it spreads to the eye, and death, if it reaches the brain. For years medical researchers have unsuccessfully attempted to concoct a herpes vaccine that would provide immunity...
Last week the British Medical Jour nal finally noted some encouraging news for cold-sore sufferers; in Paris, a team of Pasteur Institute virologists, led by Dr. Pierre Lépine, has developed a vaccine that shows definite promise. They grew herpes simplex virus in cultures of kidney cells taken from sheep embryos; then the live virus was inactivated by exposure to ultraviolet light. As part of the testing program, the vaccine was injected into 20 patients who suffered from recurrent cold sores. After one year, eleven of the patients have had no recurrence of their herpes simplex eruptions, seven...
...Herpes simplex infections in the newborn, ranging in severity from little ulcers in the mouth to a crippling encephalitis, were always believed to have been picked up while the baby was passing through the birth canal. This is not necessarily so, say Drs. Joe E. Mitchell and Fred C. McCall of Bristol, Tenn. They describe a baby who was born with herpetic ulcers on his skin and kept getting them for months; he is now handicapped by cerebral palsy. By diligent virus detective work, the doctors concluded that the mother had picked up the infection from her husband...