Evaluation of Chosen Cytokine Levels among Patients with Herpes Zoster as Ability to Provide Immune Response.

Herpes zoster is a viral disease caused by the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) which remained latent in the cranial nerve or dorsal root ganglia. Cell-mediated immunity is known to decline with age as part of immunosenescence and can lead to the reactivation of VZV. Whereas herpes zoste...

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Main Authors: Agata Zajkowska, Adam Garkowski, Renata Świerzbińska, Alina Kułakowska, Monika Emilia Król, Iwona Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek, Anna Nowicka-Ciełuszecka, Sławomir Pancewicz, Piotr Czupryna, Anna Moniuszko, Joanna Zajkowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4775057?pdf=render