The history and mystery of VZV in saliva

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 815-816

  Gershon, Anne A ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

CHICKENPOX; EDITORIAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA, VIRAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; SALIVA; VARICELLOVIRUS;

EID: 80052210142     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir417     Document Type: Editorial

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