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Th w rd h rp s c njur s up diff r nt im g s f r diff r nt p pl . S m s h rp s s n ugly nd nn ying c ld s r r blist r th t p ri dic lly pp rs n r r und th lips. th rs s h rp s s f r d s xu lly tr nsmitt d dis s th t, nc y u h v c ntr ct d, y u h v t suff r with f r th r st f y ur lif . f c urs b th f th s im g s d r pr s nt th t rm h rp s quit ccur t ly f r m ny p pl thr ugh ut th w rld, but m dic lly sp king h rp s is ls ppr pri t ly ppli d t s v r l l ss r kn wn fflicti ns. Th s c nditi ns includ h rp s insid th m uth (h rp s gingiv st m titis), h rp s f th thr t (h rp s ph ryngitis), h rp s f th y (h rp s k r titis), h rp s f th br in (h rp s nc ph litis), h rp s tr nsmitt d t n wb rn inf nts (n n t l h rp s), chick np x (v ric ll -z st r), m n (m n nucl sis) nd shingl s (h rp s-z st r). ll f th s c nditi ns r c us d by n f th tw cl s ly r l t d h rp s virus s kn wn s h rp s simpl x virus typ 1 nd h rp s simpl x virus typ 2.T truly und rst nd th h rp s virus it is h lpful t first g in s m kn wl dg b ut virus s in g n r l. Virus s r th sm ll st kn wn micr b s, r inf cti us g nts, th t m dic l sci nc h s disc v r d t d t . M st virus s c nsist f nucl ic cid surr und d by pr t in c t kn wn s c psid; this nucl ic cid-pr t in c mpl x is r f rr d t s nucl c psid. In m r c mpl x virus s, such s th h rp s virus, th nucl c psid is surr und d by m mbr n -lik structur c nt ining c rb hydr t s, lipids nd pr t ins. This m mbr n -lik structur is r f rr d t s n nv l p . ch virus c nt ins n f tw l rg c mpl x ch mic ls th t c nt in th virus s g n tic c d which s rv s s blu print f r m king m r virus s. This c mpl x ch mic l c d is ith r RN (rib nucl ic cid) r DN (d zyrib nucl ic cid).Unlik b ct ri nd m r c mpl x rg nisms, virus s d n t c rry ll th quipm nt n c ss ry t r pr duc th ms lv s. In rd r t multiply, virus must nt r living c ll, r m v th c lls pr t in c t nd th n us its RN r DN t r dir ct th c lls synth sizing m ch nism t m k m r c pi s f th virus. This pr c ss f m king n w virus s c n ctu lly d str y r injur th living r 'h st' c ll. If n ugh living h st c lls r injur d r d str y d it r sults in vir l illn ss such s influ nz (th flu), vir l di rrh r g nit l h rp s. Th r r hundr ds f kn wn virus s nd pr b bly th us nds f th rs n t y t disc v r d. ch virus h s d pt d t inf ct p rticul r typ f c ll in sp cific living rg nism which xpl ins why th r r s m ny typ s f virus s. B c us th y h v b c m s sp ci liz d s m virus s c n nly inf ct c rt in typ s f c lls, f r inst nc , liv r c lls r muscl c lls r br in c lls whil l ving th r c lls l n . Lik wis , m ny virus s r v n limit d t th typ f sp ci s th y c n inf ct. In g n r l, this usu lly m ns th t virus s which inf ct c lls in n typ f nim l, s y d g, c n n t b p ss d n t n th r typ f nim l, s y c t. f c urs s with m st rul s, th r r xc pti ns nd s m virus s c n c us simil r dis s s in cl s ly r l t d sp ci s. n th r xc pti n is th t s m tim s virus s c n c us ls c us v ry diff r nt illn s

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