Current In Vivo Models of Varicella-Zoster Virus Neurotropism

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an exclusively human herpesvirus, causes chickenpox and establishes a latent infection in ganglia, reactivating decades later to produce zoster and associated neurological complications. An understanding of VZV neurotropism in humans has long been hampered by the lack o...

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Main Authors: Ravi Mahalingam, Anne Gershon, Michael Gershon, Jeffrey I. Cohen, Ann Arvin, Leigh Zerboni, Hua Zhu, Wayne Gray, Ilhem Messaoudi, Vicki Traina-Dorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/6/502