Varicella-zoster virus reactivation is an important cause of acute peripheral facial paralysis in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-101

  Furuta, Yasushi ^a   Ohtani, Fumio ^a   Aizawa, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuda, Satoshi ^a   Kawabata, Hiroki ^b   Bergström, Tomas ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute peripheral facial paralysis; Bell's palsy; Ramsay Hunt syndrome; Varicella zoster virus; Zoster sine herpete

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; MUMPS VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; ZOSTER SINE HERPETE;

EID: 13844299511     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000151032.16639.9c     Document Type: Article

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