Vaccine-associated varicella zoster virus infection is rare in adults who are otherwise healthy. Vaccine-associated (V-A) varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections are rare in adults, although it should ...
A health worker prepares to administer a vaccine in Los Angeles, California in January 2022 - Copyright AFP/File Frederic J. BROWN A health worker prepares to ...
Researchers report an alarming increase in varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections in adults calling for vaccination and public health measures The study was led by Professor Tetsushi Yoshikawa, along ...
The risk of shingles jumps 11-fold after the first dose of the recombinant shingles vaccine, marketed under the name name Shingrix, but decreases by 73% after the second, according to the results of a ...
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How the varicella virus lurks in your nervous system

A deep dive into the Varicella-Zoster virus, which remains dormant in the nervous system for decades after chickenpox before ...
The classic laboratory methods for the detection and differentiation of HSV-1/2 and VZV, including Tzanck smear testing, viral culture, DFA testing and serologic testing, have been well documented in ...