Viral genetics modulate orolabial HSV-1 shedding in humans

Ramchandani MS1, Jing L1, Russell RM1, Tran T1, Laing KJ1, Magaret AS2,3,4, Selke S2,3, Cheng A3, Huang ML2, Xie H2, Strachan E5, Greninger AL2, Roychoudhury P2, Jerome KR2,4, Wald A1,6,2,4, Koelle DM1,2,7,4,8 1 Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 3 Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 4 Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA. 5 Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 6 Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 7 Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 8 Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, USA.