The Herpes family and Epstein Barr virus remain in the
body for life.

I personally find taking lysine daily helps squelch attacks.
I use one gram of lysine daily when I eat a lot of peanut
butter like now on vacation or when my shingles pain reactivates.
Vets now also use lysine to treat feline Herpes commonly as
I learned from our Vet.

There is a site on the net with dietary lists of arginine content
Vs. lysine . When ratios of arginine increase and lysine
Becomes lower, the viruses may activate . High arginine
consumption activates virus replication and emergence
Of infection and symptoms.

Google "herpes diet" to find this list. I don't know how
to copy links on this iPhone device yet. Sigh.

The viruses tend to live in the dorsal roots in the peripheral
nervous system along the spine. There is a post in the
subforum above by en bloc with posts explaining new MRIs
for this and also links I found with photos showing
damage there with microscopy.

You can search "dorsal" here on PN and find many
Discussions about dorsal root damage.

So, yes your thoughts on this are valid.