Varicella-Zoster Virus in the Saliva of Patients with Herpes Zoster

Fifty-four patients with herpes zoster were treated with valacyclovir. On treatment days 1, 8, and 15, pain was scored and saliva examined for varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA. VZV DNA was found in every patient the day treatment was started and later disappeared in 82%. There was a positive correla...

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Main Authors: Mehta, Satish K., Tyring, Stephen K., Gilden, Donald H., Cohrs, Randall J., Leal, Melanie J., Castro, Victoria A., Feiveson, Alan H., Ott, C. Mark, Pierson, Duane L.
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: 2008
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938732/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18260763
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/527420
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