Clinical and molecular aspects of varicella zoster virus infection

A declining cell-mediated immunity to varicella zoster virus (VZV) with advancing age or immunosuppression results in virus reactivation from latently infected human ganglia anywhere along the neuraxis. Virus reactivation produces zoster, often followed by chronic pain (postherpetic neuralgia or PHN...

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Main Authors: Gilden, Don, Nagel, Maria A., Mahalingam, Ravi, Mueller, Niklaus H., Brazeau, Elizabeth A., Pugazhenthi, Subbiah, Cohrs, Randall J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2782836/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946620
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2217/14796708.4.1.103
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