varicella zoster virus (VZV)
<p>Varicella zoster virus vaccines: an update</p>
... Abstract: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is the etiological agent of varicella, a highly infectious, self-limiting disease with serious ...herpes zoster (HZ). Prevention of VZV through ...
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Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Varicella Zoster Virus among Women before Marriage in Yazd, Iran
... women. Varicella zoster virus can be transmitted to non-immune pregnant women through physical contact with an infectious patient ...of varicella. Research on seroprevalence of ...
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Varicella-Zoster Virus-Specific Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay Responses and Zoster-Associated Pain in Herpes Zoster Subjects
... Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI) responses were compared over time following an episode of herpes zoster (HZ) with those of age-, race-, and gender-matched ...
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Detection and Genotyping of Varicella Zoster Virus by TaqMan Allelic Discrimination Real Time PCR
... Oka varicella-zoster virus (VZV) vaccine sub- sequently develop attenuated chicken pox and/or herpes ...postvaccination varicella infections are caused by vaccine or wild-type virus, a ...
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Varicella Seroprevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Varicella Zoster Virus in Argentina, 2002
... against varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in adults in different parts of Argentina, and it is not known which VZV strains are circulating in ...of varicella among adults, assessing the accuracy of ...
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ORF7 of Varicella-Zoster Virus Is a Neurotropic Factor
... Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the causative agent of chickenpox and herpes zoster ...the virus remains latent in sensory ganglia and reactivates upon weakening of the cellular immune ...
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Recombination of Globally Circulating Varicella-Zoster Virus
... Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a human herpesvirus, which during primary infection typically causes varicella (chicken pox) and establishes lifelong latency in sensory and autonomic ...the ...
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Varicella zoster virus: The potentially useful virus
... Varicella zoster virus (VZV), a double-stranded DNA vi- rus, is a highly contagious human neurotropic virus that be- longs to the alpha group of herpes viruses ...the virus becomes ...
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Toward Universal Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Genotyping: Diversity of VZV Strains from France and Spain
... Thirty-one isolates from France and Spain were genotyped using a published method analyzing DNA sequence variation in open reading frame (ORF) 22, together with an evaluation of three well-characterized single nucleotide ...
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Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection in Romanian Children Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
... Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection in Romanian Children Infected With the Human. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/92/6/838[r] ...
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Molecular Aspects of Varicella-Zoster Virus Latency
... Analysis of individual human trigeminal ganglia for latent herpes simplex virus type 1 695. and varicella-zoster virus nucleic acids using real-time PCR[r] ...
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Labile Coat: Reason for Noninfectious Cell-free Varicella-Zoster Virus in Culture
... Electron micrographs in which varicella-zoster virus a herpesvirus was compared to herpes simplex virus in primary human amnion cell cultures showed that the viruses were morphologically[r] ...
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Hospital Infection Control for Varicella Zoster Virus Infection
... 200 VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS INFECTION and those with varicella are placed in strict isolation until 28 days following exposure or until all lesions are crusted.. Strict isolation requires[r] ...
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Varicella zoster virus associated morbidity and mortality in Africa – a systematic review
... Although this review identified limited data on VZV in children, increasing age, even in adults was found to be associated with increased VZV seropositivity. A South African study reported that only a moderately high ...
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The impact of childhood varicella vaccination on the incidence of herpes zoster in the general population: modelling the effect of exogenous and endogenous varicella zoster virus immunity boosting
... The potential negative effects of routine childhood vari- cella vaccination (RVV) on HZ incidence in older popula- tion originate from the “ exogenous boosting theory ” , which postulates that individuals susceptible to ...
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Transcription mapping of the varicella-zoster virus genome.
... Nonetheless, purification of VZV DNA from virions or nucleocapsids isolated from infected tissue-culture cells has permitted preparation of recombinant libraries of genomic fragments and[r] ...
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Epidemiological characteristics and societal burden of varicella zoster virus in the Netherlands
... herpes zoster related deaths were caused by herpes zoster or if herpes zoster was a reactivated be- cause of reduced immunocompetence of the ...herpes zoster and varicella, caused by a ...
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Varicella zoster virus susceptibility and primary healthcare consultations in Norway
... lower varicella immunity in adolescents and young adults is established ...their varicella epidemiology may be higher in Norway than in other Nordic ...
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Management of Varicella Zoster Virus Infections in Prison Populations
... positive). Varicella contacts should be placed on “Medical Hold” and not be transferred until 21 days after their exposure ended or until a positive IgG result is ...
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Validity of Reported Varicella History as a Marker for Varicella Zoster Virus Immunity Among Unvaccinated Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in the Post–Vaccine Licensure Era
... of varicella disease, participants 15 to 29 years of age and parents or guardians of partic- ipants 1 to 14 years of age were interviewed at the study visit by trained staff members, with standardized ques- ...
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