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Polyspecific, antiviral immune response distinguishes multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica [PDF]

open access: yes, 1887
Background: A polyspecific, intrathecal humoral immune response against neurotropic viruses such as measles, rubella and varicella zoster virus (MRZ reaction, MRZR) is present in 80--100% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but has not to date been
Bergamaschi, R.   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

Reactivation of varicella-zoster virus following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in a patient with moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of rectum: A case report

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Herpes zoster which is the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus, a pathogenic human alpha-herpes virus, following primary infection or chicken pox, is known to occur especially in advanced age and in the immunocompromised among other predisposing ...
BM Munasinghe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Herpes zoster duplex bilateralis symmetricus in an immunocompromised patient with recent varicella infection

open access: yesIDCases, 2021
A single varicella infection usually causes lifelong immunity, so recurrent varicella infection is considered rare. Reactivation of the virus as herpes zoster usually develops after a latent period.
Nuntouchaporn Amonchaisakda   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulation of alphaherpesvirus infections by the ICP0 family of proteins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Immediate-early protein ICP0 of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is important for the regulation of lytic and latent viral infection. Like the related proteins expressed by other alphaherpesviruses, ICP0 has a zinc-stabilized RING finger domain that ...
Boutell, Chris, Everett, Roger
core   +1 more source

Varicella Zoster Virus Infection and Pregnancy: An Optimal Management Approach

open access: yesPathogens
Varicella-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
Ana Ion   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-varicella arterial ischemic stroke in children and neurocognitive performance: a 4-year follow-up study

open access: yesEinstein (São Paulo), 2022
Objective To analyze data from children who were previously healthy and presented with post-varicella arterial ischemic stroke upon arrival when admitted to the emergency room, with focus on the clinical/laboratory aspects, and neurocognitive ...
Regina Maria Rodrigues   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Herpes zoster during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesPrzegląd Dermatologiczny, 2022
Varicella-zoster virus leads to primary infection, i.e. varicella, and remains in latent form in sensory dorsal root ganglion cells. Further replication and manifestation of skin lesions characteristic for herpes zoster may occur many years later ...
Olga Krupa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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
core  

Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a key diagnostic tool for neurological diseases. To date, only a few studies have investigated in larger cohorts the effect of age and biological sex on diagnostic markers extracted from CSF. Methods For this retrospective observational study, 4163 CSF findings (2012–2020) were evaluated.
Isabel‐Sophie Hafer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Varicella zoster virus infection of the central nervous system – 10 year experience from a tertiary hospital in South India

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2017
Introduction: Varicella zoster virus is an exclusively human neurotrophic virus. The primary infection with the virus causes varicella. The virus remains latent in nervous tissue and upon secondary activation causes a variety of syndromes involving the ...
Ronald Albert Benton Carey   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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