Distribution of varicella-zoster virus DNA and gene products in tissues of a first-trimester varicella-infected fetus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 540-545

  Nikkels, Arjen F ^a,c   Delbecque, Katty ^a   Piérard, Gérald E ^a   Wienkötter, Brigitte ^b   Schalasta, Gunnar ^a   Enders, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Inst F Virologie Infektiologie E ^*

^c CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOPROTEIN E; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VIRUS DNA;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CHICKENPOX; CONGENITAL VARICELLA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LIVER; MENINX; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINAL GANGLION; STAINING; TROPHOBLAST; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; MENINGES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PANCREAS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 13444251398     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426942     Document Type: Article

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