History of chickenpox and shingles and prevalence of antibodies to varicella-zoster virus and three other herpesviruses among adults with glioma and controls

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 929-938

  Wrensch, Margaret ^a,g   Weinberg, Adriana ^b   Wiencke, John ^a   Miike, Rei ^a   Sison, Jennette ^a   Wiemels, Joseph ^a   Barger, Geoffrey ^c   DeLorenze, Gerald ^d   Aldape, Kenneth ^e   Kelsey, Karl ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Case control studies; Chickenpox; Glioma; Herpes zoster; Herpesviridae

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

VIRAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENPOX; COMORBIDITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 20844443640     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi119     Document Type: Article

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