Catherine Byrne

Patients with Herpes-Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2) infection face a higher risk of contracting HIV-1. This is thought to be due not only to herpetic lesions serving as an entry point for the HIV-1 virus, but also to the increase in CD4 T cells in the...

Patients with Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2) face an increased risk of contracting HIV-1 due to the optimal conditions HSV-2 lesions create for the entry and establishment of HIV-1. Using spatial stochastic models to describe the dynamics within HSV...

Gender equality is a major issue within science communities. While efforts to be proactive and bring awareness to gender inequality have been made in recent years, still only 1/8th of academic scientists are women. A recent paper published in PLOS...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous infection worldwide and is associated with the development of several kinds of cancers. Rates of EBV replication and disease are higher in individuals who are co-infected with HIV-1; however, the causes of...