Simian varicella: A model for human varicella-zoster virus infections

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 363-381

  Gray, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CAPSID PROTEIN; FIALURIDINE; INTERFERON; LIVE VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SORIVUDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VZV OKA VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGENICITY; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONKEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; VARICELLOVIRUS;

EID: 8444226284     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.437     Document Type: Review

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