Oral infections with herpes simplex virus 1 can lie dormant in nerve cells for years, and when a patient becomes stressed, the virus is released, forming cold sores on the lips. Where will the virus be while dormant in the nerve cell?

a. Floating in the nerve cell cytoplasm
b. Integrated in the nerve cell chromosomes
c. In the nerve cell membrane
d. Floating outside of the nerve cell, waiting to reinfect it
e. In the blood


Answer: b. Integrated in the nerve cell chromosomes

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