Varicella-zoster virus : Virology and clinical management

Varicella-zoster virus is a common human pathogen that causes varicella (chickenpox), establishes latency in sensory nerve ganglia and can reactivate many years later as herpes zoster. VZV is the only human herpesvirus for which vaccines to prevent both primary and recurrent infection are approved a...

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محفوظ في:
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:Undetermined
منشور في: New York Cambridge University Press 2000
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
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Thư viện lưu trữ: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
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الملخص:Varicella-zoster virus is a common human pathogen that causes varicella (chickenpox), establishes latency in sensory nerve ganglia and can reactivate many years later as herpes zoster. VZV is the only human herpesvirus for which vaccines to prevent both primary and recurrent infection are approved and VZV vaccines have had significant public health benefits. These achievements and new directions that are unfolding are described in this review of VZV basic and clinical research