Transmission of a newly characterized strain of varicella-zoster virus from a patient with herpes zoster in a long-term-care facility, West Virginia, 2004

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 646-653

  Lopez, Adriana S ^a   Burnett Hartman, Andrea ^c,e   Nambiar, Ram ^c,f   Ritz, Linda ^d   Owens, Patricia ^d   Loparev, Vladimir N ^b   Guris, Dalya ^a,g   Schmid, D Scott ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

^c West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources   (United States)

^d Marshall County Health Dept   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOMITES; GENOTYPE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 40549102774     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527419     Document Type: Article

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