SciShow: Why Herpes Is the Most Talented Virus Ever

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Content of the Lesson: Unlike with many other viruses, once you get a herpesvirus you’re stuck with it for life. But just how do these master trespassers accomplish this feat? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128009468000040 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810961/ https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/meas.pdf https://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/infectious-diseases/Infectious-Diseases-A-to-Z/Pages/Measles.aspx https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8157/ https://www.healthline.com/health/does-everyone-have-herpes https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/28-10-2015-globally-an-estimated-two-thirds-of-the-population-under-50-are-infected-with-herpes-simplex-virus-type-1 https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002224.htm http://stdgen.northwestern.edu/stdgen/bacteria/hhv2/herpes.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06078-4 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/professionals/genetic-characterization.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3185509/table/t1-viruses-01-00737/?report=objectonly https://www.jbc.org/content/292/18/7285.full https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065216410730045 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/088282402317340198?journalCode=vim https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782282/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6462412/ https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1001105#s2 https://jvi.asm.org/content/92/6/e00099-17.short https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859980/ https://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2017/7028194/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC114200/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/herpesviridae https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/herpes-simplex-virus-2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1900142/ https://www.ucsfhealth.org/medical-tests/003352 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2163115/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809354/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0966842X12001485 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492847/ https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/pdf/S1931-3128(16)30144-5.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13365-011-0071-0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508759/ https://jvi.asm.org/content/91/1/e01200-16 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK304353/ https://www.cdc.gov/contactlenses/viral-keratitis.html https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/60/2/237/2895497 https://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/herpes.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809354/ https://www.cdc.gov/epstein-barr/index.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mononucleosis/expert-answers/mononucleosis/faq-20058444 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087274/ Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/measles-virus-illustration-gm618610192-107677853 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herpes_Virus.png https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/veins-gm184333047-17340474 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/3d-virus-cells-attacking-a-dna-strand-gm1154473170-313965927 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/neurons-and-nervous-system-gm154346186-19170543 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/herpes-gm172455999-23755701


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