New drug checks herpes simplex encephalitis
Exceedingly few people develop herpes simplex encephalitis, a brain inflammation produced by the same virus that causes, among other things, the common cold sore. Those who do are unfortunate indeed. Fever, recurrent headaches, personality changes and seizures often afflict the victim, though the disease can be definitely confirmed only by brain biopsy. Once it starts, moreover, it steadily gets worse. People with herpes encephalitis almost invariably become comatose, then die; survivors nearly always suffer brain damage, frequently so severe as to require institutionalization.
In the past there...
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