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The viral pathogen that causes cold sores can remain inactive in the body for a long time between disease outbreaks. How is this disease classified

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This disease is classified as a latent disease.

Classification of diseases

Latent disease is a classification of disease whereby the infectious agent remains inert in the body of its host between episodes of recurrent diseases.

Examples of viral pathogens that causes latent diseases include:

  • Herpes simplex,

  • Varicella zoster,

  • Epstein-Barr,

  • Human cytomegalovirus,

  • Adenovirus, and Kaposi's sarcoma.

The infection caused by the listed viral pathogens exhibit a latent disease phase whereby there is no noticeable symptoms of infection.

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