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Determinants of neurological syndromes caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV).
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Aug 2020
Kennedy Peter Ge, Mogensen Trine H
Abstract excerpt
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a pathogenic human herpes virus which causes varicella as a primary infection, following which it becomes latent in peripheral autonomic, sensory, and cranial nerve ganglionic neurons from where it may reactivate after decades to cause herpes zoster. VZV reactivation may also cause a wide spectrum of neurological syndromes, in particular, acute encephalitis and vasculopathy. While...
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