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Herpes simplex virus genomes from an under-sampled population in Namibia reveal novel genetic diversity

2026-02-19 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is an endemic pathogen, infecting most adults world-wide. HSV infection can cause a wide spectrum of disease outcomes, ranging from asymptomatic infection or mild lesions to rare cases of infectious keratitis, encephalitis, and death. HSV genome sequences have been shown to differ between individual patients, as well as within individuals. To date, the vast majority of publicly available HSV genomic data has come from Europe and North America. Our current understanding...

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