RECENT ISSUES IN VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS LATENCY

Recent Issues in Varicella-Zoster Virus Latency

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a human herpes virus which causes varicella (chicken pox) as a primary infection, and, following a variable period of latency in neurons in the peripheral ganglia, may reactivate to cause herpes zoster weboost splitter (shingles) as well as a variety of neurological syndromes.In this overview we consider some recent

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