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1. What about Herpes?
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) exists in two forms: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Either
virus can infect the mouth or genitals but HSV–1 most commonly causes cold
sores around the mouth and HSV–2 causes genital herpes. To realize how
common they are; four out of five adults have HSV–1 and one in five has
HSV–2. Many don't know it because they do not have an active phase
with blisters or sores.
Most of the time HSV is inactive staying in a nerve root at the base
of the spine where it does no harm. In the active phase, it travels along
the nerve to the skin where it causes irritation, bumps, blisters or sores
which then shed virus out to the environment and other people. A major
precipitating factors for an outbreak is depression accompanied by stress.
The Centre for Disease Control reports that the incidence of Herpes has
risen in the last ten years from 16% to 21%. This means that one in five
are infected.
Like many other viruses,
the herpes virus has the ability to conceal itself inside the body's cells
and to take over the cell's ability to replicate itself. The cell then
replicates new virus. Drugs like Acyclovir act at the cellular level, prevent
it from replicating and don't actually kill the herpes virus. As such they
are not a "cure" but do provide considerable help in managing aspects of
the disease such as passing it on and relief from symptoms.
A related virus is the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which is responsible
for the highly infectious genital and peri-anal warts and associated with
cancer of the cervix. It is the most common virally transmitted sexual
disease causing warts in 1.4 million and sub-clinically infecting an estimated
100 million people. (World Congress of Dermatology, Sydney Australia, Oct,
1997, Koutsky L.A., Amer. J. Med. 1997; 102,
Three-Dimensional Structure of Herpes Simplex Virus from Cryo-Electron Tomography
Herpes simplex virus, a DNA virus of high complexity, consists of
a nucleocapsid surrounded by the tegument—a protein compartment—and
the envelope. The latter components, essential for infectivity, are
pleiomorphic. Visualized in cryo–electron tomograms of isolated
virions, the tegument was seen to form an asymmetric cap: On one
side, the capsid closely approached the envelope; on the other side,
they were separated by 
35 nanometers of
tegument. The tegument substructure was particulate, with some short
actin-like filaments. The envelope contained 600 to 750 glycoprotein
spikes that varied in length, spacing, and in the angles at which
they emerge from the membrane. Their distribution was nonrandom,
suggesting functional clustering.
1 Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of
Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
2 Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
3 Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
CA 91125, USA.
4 Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of
Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
From "Science" at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/302/5649/1396
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Alasdair_Steven@nih.gov
The above indicates that this virus is extremely evolved, complex and compact (in the low nanometre range). It follows that an antiviral with particles or molecules in the low nanometre range such as well made Colloidal Silver would likely be more effective.
Links:
"Experts Voice New Alarm On Herpes: Many doctors are now recommending suppressive therapy -- the long-term daily use of an antiviral -- to prevent outbreaks and reduce the likelihood of transmission".
By David Tuller at http://www.nytimes.com/ads/c2c/sexhealth/article_J.html
Gel Cuts Women’s Risk of Herpes, Study Finds at www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/health/research/21herpes.html?_r=2&