2 sexually transmitted viruses 'mate', threatening to produce new super-diseases

Two common herpes viruses are interrelated and can produce a new generation of extremely dangerous human beings, US scientists warn.

Research by Washington State University (USA) found that the two strains of the same herpes cause sexually transmitted diseases, HSV-1 and HSV-2 are literally mixed together, can be said to be "mating" with each other. .

Scientists discovered the combination of DNA, recombinant hold of these two viruses, promising the birth of children with characteristics of both strains of the virus, meaning that it can be twice as aggressive as human.

2 dangerous herpes viruses are mating with each other, US scientists warn - (photo: SHUTTERSTOCK).

With new strength, babies born from the mating between HSV-1 and HSV-2 are able to resist both antiviral drugs that inhibit both diseases that their parents cause are oral and herpes blisters. genital.

This is very worrying, because both herpes causing sexually transmitted diseases are extremely popular.

HSV-1, also called "oral herpes", causes perioral herpes with an exposure rate of up to two-thirds of the population over 50, according to US statistics. HSV-2 causes cold sores in the genital area, with an exposure rate of 16%. Not everyone who is exposed has symptoms, but they can still spread the virus to their partners. HSV-2 is usually transmitted only through sexual contact, while HSV-1 is spread by kissing or sharing objects, such as toothbrushes. Therefore, even babies who have been infected with HSV-1 are exposed to an accident by adults exposed to them.

To arrive at the above conclusion, the team solved DNA sequences of 250 virus samples and collated them with 230 other samples previously sequenced. Samples were collected for more than 20 years, from 1994 to 2006. They found that the HSV-1 DNA fragments that exist in HSV-2 bodies became increasingly popular.

The team is also concerned that this will complicate efforts to develop vaccines against viruses, something that their own labs are doing.

The research has just been published in the scientific journal The Journal of Infection Diseases.

Multidrug-resistant sexually transmitted diseases are a global concern. Before the aforementioned threat of herpes was announced, within the past year, world medicine has been headache because of some "super gonorrhea" cases, in which the first case appeared in the UK, almost resistant. re-treat all medications.

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