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Varicella Zoster Virus in the Nervous System

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a ubiquitous, exclusively human alphaherpesvirus. Primary infection usually results in varicella (chickenpox), after which VZV becomes latent in ganglionic neurons along the entire neuraxis. As VZV-specific cell-mediated immunity declines in elderly and immunocompromi...

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Published in:F1000Res
Main Authors: Gilden, Don, Nagel, Maria, Cohrs, Randall, Mahalingam, Ravi, Baird, Nicholas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: F1000Research 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754002/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26918131
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7153.1
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