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The Evolution of the Herpes Simplex Virus
Herpi simplex pirus one evolves very slowly. It evolves only a little bit faster than the human genome itself. And in fact, even the mediaeval strain looks very similar to strains that circulate to day in northern and western europe. But it's once we get back to those strains that are from a thousand to to thousand years ago, that's when we can really see the change that's happening over time. The bad teeth is the important part of this is this is you can the virus intact, or at least ixt n a intact, hidden away inside teeth. That's how you can get the information.
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