Varicella and herpes zoster. Part 1: Virology, epidemiology, clinical picture, laboratory diagnostics;Varizellen und Herpes zoster: Teil 1: Virologie, Epidemiologie, Klinik, Labordiagnostik

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 334-338

  Wittek, Miriam ^b   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^b   Allwinn, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Postherpetic neuralgia; VZV diagnostics; VZV epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RASH; REVIEW; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; NEWBORN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 77954632879     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-010-1061-3     Document Type: Review

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