HSV-1

or HSV-I

abbreviation for

1. herpes simplex virus type 1. herpes simplex

Example Sentences

The HSV-1 infection depends on the nuclear DNA replication, transcription machinery, and mitochondrial metabolism of the host cell.

From Science Daily

A second group has succeeded in putting gene drives into HSV-1 that is growing in infected cells in lab dishes.

From Science Magazine

Deaths caused by HSV-1 - herpes simplex 1 - are almost unheard of in healthy people.

From BBC

Scientists at the University of Cambridge said the HSV-1 strain of the herpes virus arose during vast migrations of people from Eurasia to Europe about 5,000 years ago.

From BBC

In other words, an overwhelming infection caused by the HSV-1 virus. 

From BBC