ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2013
The variegate neurological manifestations of varicella zoster virus infection.
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- Herpes zoster and the risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Evaluation of the economic burden of Herpes Zoster (HZ) infection.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2015Pooled it
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- Case report: Varicella associated neuropsychiatric syndrome (VANS) in two pediatric cases.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2023Article
- Transverse myelitis caused by herpes zoster following COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
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- Neurology of Acute Viral Infections.The Neurohospitalist · 2022Review
- Herpes zoster-induced urologic and gastrointestinal dysfunction with residual neurogenic detrusor underactivity.JAAD case reports · 2022Article
- Recovery of intracranial stenoses in varicella zoster virus vasculitis after long-term treatment with valacyclovir and prednisolone.Neurological research and practice · 2022Article
- Acute myelitis with multicranial neuritis caused by Varicella zoster virus: a case report.BMC neurology · 2022Article
- Rare neurological complication in an adolescent with kidney failure secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus: Answers.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is an exclusively human neurotropic alphaherpesvirus. Primary infection causes varicella (chickenpox), after which the virus becomes latent in ganglionic neurons along the entire neuraxis. With advancing age or immunosuppression, cell-mediated immunity to VZV declines, and the virus reactivates to cause zoster (shingles), dermatomal distribution, pain, and rash. Zoster is often followed by chronic pain (postherpetic neuralgia), cranial nerve palsies, zoster paresis, vasculopathy, meningoencephalitis, and multiple ocular disorders. This review covers clinical, laboratory, and pathological features of neurological complications of VZV reactivation, including diagnostic testing to verify active VZV infection in the nervous system. Additional perspectives are provided by discussions of VZV latency, animal models to study varicella pathogenesis and immunity, and of the value of vaccination of elderly individuals to boost cell-mediated immunity to VZV and prevent VZV reactivation.
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