Mothers with history of herpes can protect their offspring from neurological infection

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 - 12:33 in Health & Medicine

Pregnant women with a previous history of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection maintain active antibodies against the virus, and researchers have found that this protection can pass to the nervous systems of their offspring.

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