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ReviewJournal of the neurological sciences2015

Zeroing in on zoster: A tale of many disorders produced by one virus.

Kristin M Galetta, Don Gilden

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Review in Journal of the neurological sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Zoster sine herpete: a review.The Korean journal of pain · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kristin M GalettaDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Don GildenDepartments of Neurology and Immunology & Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address: don.gilden@ucdenver.edu.

Funding

VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY: CHANGING CLINICAL PRACTICEP01AG032958 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI COHRS, RANDALL J. · 2009 to 2023
$30.3M
Neurobiology of Varicella Zoster VirusR01NS093716 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI COHRS, RANDALL J. · 2015 to 2019
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS AG032958NIA NIH HHS P01 AG032958NINDS NIH HHS NS093716NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While herpes zoster infection has been recognized since antiquity, chickenpox (varicella) was confused with smallpox until the 1800s, when both illnesses became better understood. In the 20th century, varicella zoster virus (VZV) was shown to cause varicella upon primary (first-time) infection and herpes zoster (shingles) after reactivation of latent VZV. Scientific progress over the past 50 years has rapidly advanced the understanding and prevention of disease produced by VZV. Combined imaging and virological studies continue to reveal the protean neurological, ocular and visceral disorders produced by VZV.

Indexed as

Herpes ZosterHerpesvirus 3, HumanHistory, 18th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInfectionNeurologic diseaseVaccinationVaricella-zoster virus

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PMID26454371
PMCPMC4628852

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