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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) are two common viruses that lay dormant in neurons. Lab models showed that activation of VZV causes the neuroinflammation of HSV, which causes the accumulation of Alzheimer’s related proteins and neural decline.

 

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