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Herpes part of a family of viruses taking over
April 20, 2009 by Anonymous, 28 weeks 6 days ago
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Oral and Genital Herpes are in the same family (Herpesviridae) as Mononucleosis, Chicken Pox, Epstein-Barr and Shingles. Anybody on this list not had at least one of these diseases in their lifetime? I think researchers should be giving a little more attention to the spread of this virus type.