Herpesviruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), with the taxonomic names human alphaherpesvirus 1 and human alphaherpesvirus 2, are the most common causes of human viral infections among the members of the human Herpesviridae family (Chayavichitsilp et al. 2009). Herpes simplex virus (HSV) ocular infection represents another example in which local control of the virus stems from a robust inflammatory response with long-term consequences of chronic inflammation, including the possibility of final blindness due to interstitial keratitis that persists even after the viral infection has been cleared.