The microtubule (MT) network and associated regulatory proteins play a critical role during viral infection from facilitating viral particle transport towards the nucleus upon entry to later mediating virion assembly and egress. Many of the precise mechanisms by which viruses commandeer the host MT network to propagate infection remain poorly...
Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is a rare and severely debilitating life-threatening disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection of the human central nervous system (CNS). The severe and often fatal outcomes of HSE contrast starkly with the more frequent and largely benign consequences of herpes labialis. Whole...