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herpes

[hur-peez] / ˈhɜr piz /




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Additionally, the Safari Park has done extensive examination into the endotheliotropic herpes virus.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

As a result, the herpes virus was blocked from entering the cells altogether.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

These shoot a virus such as herpes into tumors, causing them to self-destruct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

In Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2020, as in other military towns across the U.S., rates of sexually transmitted infections like syphilis, herpes simplex and HIV are among the highest in the country.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

I still have "Itching, with an eruption resembling at times herpes zoster below the left scapula."

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock