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the claim
Most people are infected with HSV-1
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SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
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the weight of evidence
2 sources for · 0 against

Reference works and scientific literature confirm that a majority of the global population is infected with HSV-1.

Evidence for · 2
Wikipedia: Herpes simplex virus 1
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OpenAIRE: Global Secretome Characterization of Herpes Simplex Virus 1-Infected Human Primary Macrophages
2012 · cited by 0
Notes that HSV-1 is a common pathogen infecting the majority of people worldwide.
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  1. Wikipedia: Herpes simplex virus 1referencesame source L1supports
  2. Wikipedia: Herpesreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. mBio: Murine Cytomegalovirus Exploits Olfaction To Enter New Hostspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Инфекция и иммунитет: The effect of active and latent Herpes Simplex Virus-1,2 (HSV-1,2) infections on peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulation composition in patients with inflammatory diseases of the anterior eye segmpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. PLoS ONE: Herpes zoster in HIV-1 infection: The role of CSF pleocytosis in secondary CSF escape and discordance.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Репродуктивная эндокринология: Modern approaches to the therapy of genital herpes in womenpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Bulletin of the World Health Organization: Genital herpes and human immunodeficiency virus: double troublepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Pathogens: Acute HSV-1 Ocular Infection Is Impaired in KLF15 Knockout Mice but Stress-Induced Reactivation from Latency Is Prolonged in Male KLF15 Knockout Micepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. OpenAIRE: Type-specific testing for herpes simplex viruspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. OpenAIRE: [Incidence of human herpes virus 1-4 type in saliva of 245 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients].peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. OpenAIRE: Global Secretome Characterization of Herpes Simplex Virus 1-Infected Human Primary Macrophagespeer-reviewedsupports
  12. OpenAIRE: Clinical Burden of Herpes Simplex Virus Disease in People With Human Immunodeficiency Viruspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. OpenAIRE: [High seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex type 1 virus and Epstein Barr virus infection among human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults].peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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