Several viruses target the human respiratory tract, causing different clinical manifestations
spanning from mild upper airway involvement to life-threatening acute respiratory distress …

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an exclusively human herpesvirus, causes chickenpox and
establishes a latent infection in ganglia, reactivating decades later to produce zoster and …

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus and the causative agent of
varicella (chickenpox) in humans. Following primary infection, VZV establishes latency in the …

Introduction Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella and can reactivate as herpes
zoster, and both diseases present a significant burden worldwide. However, the …

Objective: To test whether varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection of human brain vascular cells
and of lung fibroblasts directly increases proinflammatory cytokine levels, consistent with …

Primary varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection in adults is often complicated by severe
pneumonia, which is difficult to treat and is associated with high morbidity and mortality …

Abstract Purpose of Review Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a highly contagious, neurotropic
alpha-herpes virus that causes varicella (chickenpox). VZV establishes lifelong latency in …

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a human-restricted virus, which raises obstacles to research.
The strict human tropism limits knowledge about its pathogenesis and creates challenges for …

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella (chickenpox) during acute infection. Several
studies have shown that T cells are early and preferential targets of VZV infection that play a …

Simian varicella virus (SVV) was first isolated in 1966 from African green monkeys
(Cercopithecus aethiops) imported from Nairobi, Kenya, to the Liverpool School of Tropical …