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. 1986 Feb;57(2):446-55.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.57.2.446-455.1986.

Detection of herpes simplex virus-specific DNA sequences in latently infected mice and in humans

S Efstathiou, A C Minson, H J Field, J R Anderson, P Wildy

Detection of herpes simplex virus-specific DNA sequences in latently infected mice and in humans

S Efstathiou et al. J Virol. 1986 Feb.

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus-specific DNA sequences have been detected by Southern hybridization analysis in both central and peripheral nervous system tissues of latently infected mice. We have detected virus-specific sequences corresponding to the junction fragment but not the genomic termini, an observation first made by Rock and Fraser (Nature [London] 302:523-525, 1983). This "endless" herpes simplex virus DNA is both qualitatively and quantitatively stable in mouse neural tissue analyzed over a 4-month period. In addition, examination of DNA extracted from human trigeminal ganglia has shown herpes simplex virus DNA to be present in an "endless" form similar to that found in the mouse model system. Further restriction enzyme analysis of latently infected mouse brainstem and human trigeminal DNA has shown that this "endless" herpes simplex virus DNA is present in all four isomeric configurations.

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