Commentary:

Herpes simplex virus and SLE: though uncommon yet with significant implications

Naim Mahroum¹, Abdulrahman Elsalti¹, Yehuda Shoenfeld²

¹International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.

²Zabludowicz Center for autoimmune diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

Running title : Commentary: Herpes simplex virus and SLE: though uncommon yet with significant implications

Keywords – Autoimmunity, infection and autoimmunity, systemic lupus erythematosus, human herpes viruses, herpes simplex virus