LYZ and herpes simplex infectious disease: A short report published in Nature in 1959 presents a series of studies with some contradictory results on the antiviral role of lysozyme and concludes that the different types of viruses (herpes simplex, herpes zoster, warts, condylomata acuminata, aphthosis, and vaccinia viruses) are sensitive to this agent, but that further confirmatory studies need to be carried out [21].