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Pathogenesis of varicelloviruses in primates.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2015
Ouwendijk Werner J D, Verjans Georges M G M
Abstract excerpt
Varicelloviruses in primates comprise the prototypic human varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and its non-human primate homologue, simian varicella virus (SVV). Both viruses cause varicella as a primary infection, establish latency in ganglionic neurons and reactivate later in life to cause herpes zoster in their respective hosts. VZV is endemic worldwide and, although varicella is usually a benign disease in...
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