Herpes

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/herpes

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the genome type?Double-stranded DNA
2. What is the latency site?Dorsal root ganglia of sensory neurons
3. What is herpes and how does it travel in the body?Herpes is a tiny invisible virus that can hide inside your nerves. After the first infection, it moves along the nerves to a hidden spot in the nervous system and stays there for life.
4. Why do people get cold sores or genital sores from herpes?The virus can be quiet for a long time, but when something like stress or fever happens, it wakes up. It then travels back to the skin or mouth and makes a sore.

Enveloped Virus: A virus with an outer lipid membrane derived from the host cell.
Latent Infection: A persistent infection where the virus remains dormant and inactive within host cells.
Lytic Replication: A viral life cycle that leads to the production of new viruses and often cell death.