background: there are many risk factors besides age and immune suppression for herpes zoster. family history as a risk factor is suggested in some recent studies. the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between herpes zoster and family history. methods: this case-control study was undertaken in farshchian hospital, hamadan, iran. “case group” included patients with confirmed diagn...

K NOWLEDGE CONCERNING the transpiacental passage of fetal erythrocytes into the maternal circulation is of critical importance for the understanding of immunologic relationships between mother and child and specifically for the mechanisms of Rh isoimmunization. In a previous study1 the phenomenon of transplacental passage was investigated in homospecific pregnancies-i.e., in the absence of mate...

background and aims: several drugs are being used in treatment of hsv infection in human but still introducing an effective safe drug is desirable. methods: we investigated the inhibitory effect of morphine on replication of hsv in vitro. results: the results indicated that a concentration of up to 200 ug/ml morphine had a limited effect on vero cell viability. at this concentration the growth ...

background and objectives: meningoencephalitis in iranian children is frequent, but encephalitis is rare .the frequency of hhv-6 and hhv-7 in central nervous system diseases of our children is unclear. the aim of this study was searching the dna-s of hhv-6 & hhv-7 in csf samples of children with meningoencephalitis  materials and methods: a cross sectional study (2007-2009) was done in ped...

Objetivo: Analizar la prevalencia del herpes-virus simple (HSV) en cavidad bucal pacientes mayores a 50 años. Método: Descriptivo documental con revisión de 15 articulos ubicados base datos PubMed. Conclusión: Se determinó luego medir frecuencia absoluta y relativa herpes otras patologías el grupo poblacional seleccionado, se construyeron las distintas distribuciones acuerdo variables edad, sex...

Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2009;100:329-43 333 To the Editor: There are several types of dermatosis that may occur around the melanocytic nevi, although there are few reported cases of each of these. The most representative of these dermatoses is halo nevus1 (Sutton nevus, leucoderma acquisitum centrifugum), but there are other named examples including Meyerson nevus2 (halo dermatitis), targetoid ne...

purpose: to present a case of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (hzo) with consequent posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (pion). case report: a 58-year-old woman with a history of hzo in her right eye which was under treatment presented with loss of vision to no light perception. on examination, positive relative afferent pupillary defect was detected; however the optic disc was normal on ophthalmosc...