Ex vivo infection of human skin with herpes simplex virus 1 reveals mechanical wounds as insufficient entry portals via the skin surface
n. De La Cruz, M. Moeckel, L. Wirtz, K. Sunaoglu, W. Malter, M. Zinser, D. Knebel-Moersdorf
This study infects human skin ex vivo with HSV-1 to determine if wounding facilitates viral entry, finding that wounding allows particle penetration but not HSV-1 invasion.
bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2021Microbiology