Molecular assays have increased VZV detection several 100-fold, such that a positive molecular result for VZV from peripheral and CSF specimens may be unclear as to the exact causative ...

The virus that commonly causes cold sores starts reshaping our genome within an hour of infection to boost its own growth, which scientists could take advantage of to treat severe cases.

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) ORF25 is a 156 amino acid protein belonging to the approximately 40 core proteins that are conserved throughout the Herpesviridae. By analogy to its functional orthologue ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, while herpes simplex virus (HSV) is responsible for oral and genital herpes. Although current treatments mainly focus on inhibiting viral ...

The vaccination directly lowered dementia risk by reducing reactivation of the dormant varicella virus, thereby preventing neuroinflammation and neurotoxicity. Vaccination indirectly conferred ...

Mueller, N.H. (2008) Varicella Zoster Virus Infection Clinical Feature, Molecular Pathogenesis in Disease, and Latency. National Library of Medicine.

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Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, where ANKLE2 is known to play a big role in brain development.

Human norovirus, a positive-strand RNA virus that is the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis accounting for an estimated 685 million cases and approximately 212,000 deaths globally per year, has no ...

To better understand BKPyV replication and ways to prevent it, researchers in the UAB Department of Microbiology have published a single-cell analysis of BKPyV infection in primary kidney cells. Their ...

Scientists have discovered a new evasion strategy used by the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles, that may allow it to affect tissues far from the original site of infection.

A rare case of vaccine-associated varicella zoster virus infection is presented at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP 2024) national conference.