Oral Infections with Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Can Lie Dormant

Multiple Choice

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.Why would the virus form a cold sore?

A) to spread to a new host
B) so that it can mutate and survive antibiotic treatment
C) to become latent in the body
D) to avoid the immune system
E) to warn other people that the host is infected