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Varicella Zoster Virus

Pediatrics In Review, 2019
1. Robyn J. Blair, MD 1. Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY Varicella zoster virus (VZV), human herpesvirus 3, is a highly contagious virus found worldwide.
Robyn J. Blair
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Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections

Continuum, 2015
This article describes the clinical features and laboratory and imaging abnormalities of the protean neurologic disorders produced by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation. Diseases include not only zoster, but also chronic pain (postherpetic neuralgia), meningoencephalitis and cerebellitis, single or multiple cranial nerve palsies (polyneuritis ...
D. Gilden
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Varicella-Zoster Virus

, 2016
Laboratory diagnosis of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection requires the identification of the virus or one of its products in skin lesions, tissues, or fluids from the patient. Techniques include isolation of the virus in tissue culture, direct immunofluorescent staining of cells obtained from lesions, and detection of the virus genome by ...
K. Julian, B. Bodaghi
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Varicella zoster virus

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1999
Because of its ability to produce two clinically distinct disease entities (chickenpox and shingles), varicella zoster virus (VZV) is an unusual etiologic agent. Although in the past viral exanthems were mostly only of academic interest to the practitioner, the development of antiviral agents and the newly approved varicella (OKA) vaccine have ...
M L, McCrary, J, Severson, S K, Tyring
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Central nervous system infections produced by varicella zoster virus.

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2020
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella, establishes latency, then reactivates to produce herpes zoster. VZV reactivation can also cause central nervous system (CNS) disease with or without rash.
M. Nagel   +2 more
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Varicella zoster virus in solid organ transplantation: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice

Clinical Transplantation, 2019
These updated guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice review the diagnosis, prevention, and management of varicella zoster virus (VZV) in the pre‐ and post‐transplant period.
S. Pergam, A. Limaye
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Varicella-zoster Virus

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2010
Varicella Zoster virus (VZV) is an alpha herpesvirus that causes chicken pox (varicella), usually in childhood. Following primary infection, VZV establishes a latent infection in the sensory nerve ganglia. Reactivation of VZV from the dorsal root ganglia, known as shingles or herpes zoster, may be seen decades later, usually in older people and ...
Toshiharu, Yamashita   +3 more
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Varicella zoster virus–associated polyradiculoneuritis

Neurology, 2009
We describe a case of polyradiculoneuritis in an elderly patient with pleocytosis, raised proteins in CSF, and varicella zoster virus (VZV) DNA in the CSF without cutaneous rash. ### Case description. A 79-year-old man presented in September 2008 with subacute onset of lower limb flaccid paralysis, the day after an episode of diarrhea with ...
A. Cortese   +7 more
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