Multiple choice

Why do herpes virus infections recur?

  1. The virus is incapable of penetrating latex.

  2. The virus spreads first to autonomic nerves and then to the nerve root ganglia where it remains dormant for indeterminate periods of time.

  3. Primary HHV-6B infection usually occurs in adults and is the most common cause of fever-induced seizures.

  4. The virus remains dormant in the infected mucosal and skin cells for indeterminate periods of time.

  5. The virus inserts its DNA into host cell DNA and immortalises the cells.
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Explanation

Herpesvirus gains access to the human body via mucosal cells.

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