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Herpes Virus Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients (HINT) – a prospective observational cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Kidney transplant recipients receive maintenance immunosuppressive therapy to avoid allograft rejection resulting in increased risk of infections and infection-related morbidity and mortality.
Sebastian Rask Hamm, Sunil Kumar Saini, Annemette Hald, Anna V. Vaaben, Natasja Wulff Pedersen, Moises Alberto Suarez-Zdunek, Zitta Barrella Harboe, Helle Bruunsgaard, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Carsten Schade Larsen, Claus Bistrup, Henrik Birn, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Sine Reker Hadrup, Susanne Dam Nielsen   +14 more
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Herpes simplex keratitis: Challenges in diagnosis and clinical management [PDF]

, 2017
Herpes simplex virus is responsible for numerous ocular diseases, the most common of which is herpetic stromal keratitis. This is a recurrent infection of the cornea that typically begins with a subclinical infection of the cornea that establishes a ...
Azher, Tayaba N, Huang, Andrew JW, Stuart, Patrick M, Tajfirouz, Deena, Yin, Xiao-Tang   +4 more
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The dysregulation of innate immunity by Porphyromonas gingivalis in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Internal Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract The etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains under active debate. In this perspective, we explore the hypothesis that a primarily infection‐caused chronic dysregulation and weakening of human innate immunity via the underexpression, degradation, and inactivation of innate immune proteins necessary for direct antimicrobial effects and ...
Annelise E. Barron, Jennifer S. Lin, Mark I. Ryder, Peter Bergman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Varicella zoster virus : from epidemiology to prevention [PDF]

, 2008
The Varicella zoster virus is a human pathogen which causes Varicella after primary infection and herpes zoster after secondary reactivation. Both disease manifestations can occur at any age; however, Varicella is seen more commonly in children whilst ...
Pace, David
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Dendritic cells as Achilles’ heel and Trojan horse during varicella zoster virus infection [PDF]

, 2015
Varicella zoster virus (VZV), a human alphaherpesvirus, causes varicella and subsequently establishes latency within sensory nerve ganglia. Later in life VZV can reactivate to cause herpes zoster.
Raftery, Martin J., Schönrich, Günther
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Herpes zoster following COVID-19 vaccine: a report of three cases [PDF]

, 2021
Hsien-Hung Chiu, Kai‐Che Wei, Aimin Chen, Wei‐Ting Wang   +3 more
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The Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This narrative review aimed to summarize current evidence on the presence and potential pathogenic role of viruses in periodontitis. Design: Narrative Review; Population: Patients with periodontitis; Exposure: Detection of viruses in oral samples (biopsies, saliva, gingival crevicular fluid, subgingival plaque, blood); Outcome: Viral prevalence, load ...
Kim Natalie Stolte, Jørgen Slots, Henrik Dommisch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cost-effectiveness of introducing a vaccine for the prevention of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in elderly Danes

Nordic Journal of Health Economics, 2016
Herpes Zoster is an unpleasant and painful skin condition associated with a risk of developing post-herpetic neuralgia if the pain persists. Herpes Zoster most often occurs in elderly people.
Lone Bilde, Thomas T Nielsen, Finn Ronholt, Marie Kruse   +3 more
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Twelve Children with Varicella Vaccine Meningitis: Neuropathogenesis of Reactivated Live Attenuated Varicella Vaccine Virus

Viruses, 2020
Varicella vaccine is a live attenuated varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Like its parental strain called VZV pOka, the vaccine virus vOka retains some neurotropic properties.
Ethan H. Heusel, Charles Grose
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Herpes zoster vaccine effectiveness and manifestations of herpes zoster and associated pain by vaccination status [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2015
Options for managing herpes zoster (HZ)-related pain and complications have limited effectiveness, making HZ prevention through vaccination an important strategy. Limited data are available on HZ vaccine effectiveness against confirmed HZ and manifestations of HZ among vaccinated persons.
Mona, Marin, Barbara P, Yawn, Craig M, Hales, Peter C, Wollan, Stephanie R, Bialek, John, Zhang, Marge J, Kurland, Rafael, Harpaz   +7 more
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