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HSV 1

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CMC13 · 02/09/2025 22:17

If a babies mother had a cold sore HSV 1 virus as a child (around the age of 8) does that mean the baby would have antibodies?

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RealPerson · 02/09/2025 22:44

Maybe to an extent but the thing is the reason the virus is never really cleared from the human body is because it has evolved to evade the immune response

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