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ReviewNature clinical practice. Neurology2007

Herpesvirus infections of the nervous system.

Donald H Gilden, Ravi Mahalingam, Randall J Cohrs, Kenneth L Tyler

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Review in Nature clinical practice. Neurology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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72citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. The physiological effects of APOE genotype in healthy young/middle-aged individuals.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
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  5. Unraveling the complexities of neurotropic virus infection and immune evasion.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Donald H GildenDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA. don.gilden@uchsc.edu
Ravi Mahalingam
Randall J Cohrs
Kenneth L Tyler

Funding

Varicella Zoster Virus Latency in Human GangliaP01NS032623 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MAHLAINGAM, RAVI · 1993 to 2008
$12.3M
NEUROBIOLOGY OF VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUSR01AG006127 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD · 1987 to 2014
$4.2M
NEUROBIOLOGY OF VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUSR37AG006127 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD H · 1995 to 2004
$2.3M
NIA NIH HHS AG06127NINDS NIH HHS NS32623
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are eight human herpesviruses (HHVs). Primary infection by any of the eight viruses, usually occurring in childhood, is either asymptomatic or produces fever and rash of skin or mucous membranes; other organs might be involved on rare occasions. After primary infection, the virus becomes latent in ganglia or lymphoid tissue. With the exception of HHV-8, which causes Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with AIDS, reactivation of HHVs can produce one or more of the following complications: meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis, vasculopathy, ganglioneuritis, retinal necrosis and optic neuritis. Disease can be monophasic, recurrent or chronic. Infection with each herpesvirus produces distinctive clinical features and imaging abnormalities. This Review highlights the patterns of neurological symptoms and signs, along with the typical imaging abnormalities, produced by each of the HHVs. Optimal virological studies of blood, cerebrospinal fluid and affected tissue for confirmation of diagnosis are discussed; this is particularly important because some HHV infections of the nervous system can be treated successfully with antiviral agents.

Indexed as

Herpesviridae InfectionsHerpesviridaeHumansNervous SystemNervous System DiseasesVirus Latency

Identifiers

PMID17279082

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