Interaction of staphylococcal protein A (SPA) with human serum depressed the ability of such serum to neutralize herpes simpled virus (HSV)-antibody labialis. SPA-induced depression of serum-dependent virus neutralization appeared to be due to consumption of complement by SPA. In addition, SPA attached to antibody-treated, HSV-infected cells and inhibited complement mediated immune cytolysis. T...

Background: Actinic cheilitis, herpes labialis and lip cancer are relatively common conditions presenting on the lips associated with exposure to periods of sun thereby ultraviolet radiation. Objective: This systematic review aimed determine efficacy application sunscreen-containing lip-protecting agents (LPA) in prevention actinic cheilitis (AC), recurrent (RHL) (LC). Methods: was conducted ac...

more frequently in the spring and the fall, and a relationship to temperature or to changes in temperature may be involved (unpublished observations, Kaufman HE, 1981; Barren BA, 1994). The appearance of fever blisters and clinical herpes during temperature stress in hudans is a well-known clinical phenomenon. Our primate model may provide a way to study this relationship in a laboratory settin...

BACKGROUND The Internet has tremendous appeal for conducting randomized clinical trials and may be especially applicable to trials requiring frequent participant contact. Trials of cold sore remedies, for example, often require daily clinic visits during outbreaks, imposing substantial burden on participants. An Internet-based randomized clinical trial design may reduce this burden, permitting ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, though most commonly seen in the oral, perioral and genital areas, can occur anywhere on the body. After primary infection, HSV then establishes latency in sensory nerve ganglia and reactivates intermittently, precipitated by various factors. These reactivations may be recurrent and appear in a dermatomal distribution, mimicking herpes zoster, often leading...

Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015 97 Received October 22, 2013, Revised February 17, 2014, Accepted for publication February 19, 2014 Corresponding author: Nilendu Sarma, Department of Dermatology, Nilratan Sircar Medical College, 138 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata 700014, India. Tel: 91-9830382498, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons A...