Question

Because fair-skinned George suffers from frequent sunburns and has tested positive for the human herpesvirus 1, he is at a high risk for having an outbreak of human herpesvirus 1. In spite of the high risk, George does not have outbreaks of cold sores. George is protected by very active _______.

melanocytes
keratinocytes
Merkel cells
epidermal dendritic cells

Answer 1

Answer: forgive me for not answering but where is the correlation between someone having a low level of melanin in their skin and being susceptible to herpes. Now that I’ve said that the best answer I can think of is epidermal dendritic cells.