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OBJECTIVE We investigated the relationship of the Herpesviridiae with inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients. METHODS Prospective study including virologically suppressed HIV-infected patients. IgG antibodies against herpesviruses, carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), endothelial function through flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery, and blood...

BACKGROUND Because experimental acute retinal necrosis (ARN) induced by herpes simplex virus in mice develops only if mice fail to acquire virus-specific delayed hypersensitivity (DH), although they produce antiviral antibodies (ie, anterior chamber-associated immune deviation), we sought to determine whether a similar inverse correlation exists for patients with varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-in...

Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) is a double stranded DNA virus of a a-herpes virus family which also include herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2.1 VZV causes chicken pox (varicella) during primary infection, following which the virus establishes the latency in cells of the dorsal root ganglia. Reactivation of latent virus causes shingles (herpes zoster), a disease predominantly occurring in elderly ...

Introduction: In recent years it has become evident that Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) reactivation can present as ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke or Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in immunocompetent immunocompromised patients. Both VZV cerebrovascular visceral manifestations may appear the absence of a cutaneous rash.

Although herpes zoster is not a reportable condition in the United States, its incidence has been inferred from a variety of studies to range from 3.2 to 4.2 per 1,000 patient-years. This incidence translates into an estimated 1 million cases of herpes zoster annually. Overall, an estimated 32% of persons in the United States will have herpes zoster during their lifetimes. In a recent populatio...