Varicella-zoster virus acquired at 4 months of age reactivates at 24 months and causes encephalitis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 250-251

  Chiappini, Elena ^a   Calabri, Giuseppe ^a   Galli, Luisa ^a   Salvi, Giuseppe ^a   De Martino, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHICKENPOX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0036191982     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.121934     Document Type: Article

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