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Varicella zoster virus infection [PDF]
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015 Infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella (chickenpox), which can be severe in immunocompromised individuals, infants and adults. Primary infection is followed by latency in ganglionic neurons. During this period, no virus particles are produced and no obvious neuronal damage occurs.
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Simian Varicella Virus Pathogenesis in Skin during Varicella and Zoster [PDF]
Viruses, 2022 Primary simian varicella virus (SVV) infection and reactivation in nonhuman primates is a valuable animal model in the study of varicella zoster virus disease [varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles)].
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Varicella-zoster virus infections – antiviral therapy and diagnosis [PDF]
GMS Infectious Diseases, 2016 Varicella-zoster virus is an important human pathogen that causes varicella after primary infection and zoster after recurrence. Following primary infection, the virus remains latently for life in dorsal root and cranial nerve ganglia.
Sauerbrei, Andreas
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Varicella Zoster Virus Encephalitis [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2019 Varicella zoster virus in the adult patient most commonly presents as shingles. Shingles is a painful vesicular eruption localized to a specific dermatome of the body. One of the potential complications of this infection is involvement of the central nervous system causing encephalitis.
Lizzi, Jared +2 more
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Varicella Zoster Virus Infection and Pregnancy: An Optimal Management Approach [PDF]
PathogensVaricella-zoster virus is an α-herpes virus with a double-stranded DNA genome, which causes two main clinical pictures: varicella or chickenpox and herpes zoster. Chickenpox is the primary infection, predominantly affecting children, and it presents with
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1996 Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a ubiquitous human alphaherpesvirus that causes varicella (chicken pox) and herpes zoster (shingles). Varicella is a common childhood illness, characterized by fever, viremia, and scattered vesicular lesions of the skin.
John R Nienow, David H Spach
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Herpes zoster vaccination. An update
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2022 Herpes zoster/shingles is a cutaneous condition caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus. The condition mostly occurs when the cell mediated immunity towards varicella zoster virus, which was developed during the varicella zoster virus ...
Khairuddin Djawad +5 more
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VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS FETOPATHY – CLINICAL CASE [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2015 Varicella zoster virus fetopathy occurs in infants after infection with varicella-zoster virus from mother during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020 Background Varicella zoster virus central nervous system infections can present as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis, and vasculopathy.
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Jornal de Pediatria, 2016 Objective: To characterize varicella zoster virus-related deaths and hospitalizations in Brazil before universal vaccination with the tetravalent (measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella) vaccine, attempting to collect baseline data on varicella morbidity
Alessandra de Martino Mota +1 more
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