Subclinical infection

... - when talking about viral particles themselves. However, with HSV infections, better term is viral latency, which means that there are no infectious ... with nothing on the skin? Viral shedding can happen if you have a subclinical secondary infection, which means that the symptoms are so mild ...

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Yes, in a similar manner. E.g tuberculosis can often be a chronic infection lasting for decades (although if the infection causes no visible symptoms, it is often called subclinical). A bacterial pneumonia, on the other hand, is a usually a typical acute ...

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