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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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Autores principales: Gilden, Don, Nagel, Maria, Cohrs, Randall, Mahalingam, Ravi, Baird, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26918131
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7153.1