Herpes simplex viruses (HSV1 and HSV2), cytomegalovirus, and the varicella zoster virus (VZV) infect epithelial cells where the lytic, or productive, virus life cycle occurs and it is not clear whether the polarity of these cells is involved in the virus replication cycle. However, in plaque...
Communicable conditions, such as chicken pox, herpes simplex type 2 (cold sores), coxsackievirus (hand, foot and mouth disease), herpes simplex type 1 (genital herpes), HIV/AIDS, infectious mononucleosis and syphilis, can each produce similar blisters in mouth tissue that are contagious to varyin...