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New realities of chickenpox

open access: yesМедицинский совет, 2022
Introduction. The causative agent of chickenpox is ubiquitous. In children, especially with a burdened premorbid background, there is a high incidence of severe forms and complications.Aim.
A. M. Zakirova   +4 more
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Herpes Zoster Risk Reduction through Exposure to Chickenpox Patients: A Systematic Multidisciplinary Review [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and may subsequently reactivate to cause herpes zoster later in life. The exogenous boosting hypothesis states that re-exposure to circulating VZV can inhibit VZV reactivation and consequently also herpes ...
Benson Ogunjimi   +2 more
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Using Baidu Index Data to Improve Chickenpox Surveillance in Yunnan, China: Infodemiology Study

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
BackgroundChickenpox is an old but easily neglected infectious disease. Although chickenpox is preventable by vaccines, vaccine breakthroughs often occur, and the chickenpox epidemic is on the rise.
Zhaohan Wang   +11 more
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Herpes zoster in an immunocompetent infant with a history of varicella in early infancy and after a minor injury - case report and literature review [PDF]

open access: yesSrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2021
Introduction. Chickenpox is a common pediatric disease, while herpes zoster (HZ) is rare among children, especially among infants. HZ in infancy may appear after intrauterine or postnatal infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV).
Dimić Jovana S., Jegorović Boris
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Identifying optimal vaccination scenarios to reduce varicella zoster virus transmission and reactivation

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2022
Background Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is one of the eight known human herpesviruses. Initial VZV infection results in chickenpox, while viral reactivation following a period of latency manifests as shingles.
Kevin M Bakker   +3 more
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Investigation of susceptibility genes for chickenpox disease across multiple continents

open access: yesBiochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2023
Chickenpox (varicella) is caused by infection with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a neurotropic alpha herpes virus with a double-stranded DNA genome.
Lalu Muhammad Irham   +10 more
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A Review Article of Chickenpox Management Via Ayurveda

open access: yesJournal of Preventive, Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies in Medicine, 2023
Chickenpox is a viral infection; this is prompted because of varicella-zoster virus. This virus spreads through air or with the aid of direct contact with the infected person.
Lalita Nivrutti Patole   +1 more
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Reassessment of Evidence about Coinfection of Chickenpox and Monkeypox (Mpox) in African Children

open access: yesViruses, 2022
In west and central Africa, monkeypox occurs mainly in older children, adolescents and young adults. In two large epidemiology studies of monkeypox outbreaks, the investigators observed a sizable number of coinfections of chickenpox (varicella) and ...
Ola Khallafallah, Charles Grose
doaj   +1 more source

Chickenpox Vaccination: Knowledge and Attitude of Child-Bearing Women of Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2020
 Chickenpox is a common childhood disease which is highly contagious. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that in countries where chickenpox is an important public health burden, chickenpox vaccination should be introduced into their routine ...
K.E. Edje   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between Plasma Concentrations of Interleukin-10 and Thrombocytopenia in Chickenpox Patients [PDF]

open access: yesAfro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2016
Background and study aim: Chickenpox is highly infectious, self-limiting disease, caused by varicella-zoster virus. Thrombocytopenia frequently complicates chickenpox. This study was conducted to assess the correlation between serum interleukin 10 levels
Mohammad Saraya, Mariam Al-Fadhli
doaj   +1 more source

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