You can catch chickenpox through direct contact with an infected person or by breathing in droplets from their sneezes or ...

HSV and varicella zoster virus (VZV) are common pathogens of skin and mucous membranes and the CNS. Their rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential for their treatment as well as infection control.

Varicella-zoster virus is an infection that causes multiple illnesses. It first causes chickenpox (also called varicella), an ...

It began with a burning pain in her right eye. At first, Elisabeth Cohen thought she’d gotten something in it. But the next ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment opens doors for treating shingles in the eye. Will antiviral drug valacyclovir ...

Northeastern University advised that if students "do not meet the immunity criteria, get a varicella vaccine dose ... as soon ...

New research presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Cornea Subspecialty Day is part of the part of the 8-year ...

An article published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity reports the findings of a study by researchers based in ...

“If a precursor to incident dementia is neuroinflammation and stroke, if you have a stroke, it’s a strong predictor for vascular dementia,” explained Harris. “If that can be prevented in a healthy ...

Positive data from 876-patient head-to-head trial versus Shingrix® shows amezosvatein elicits robust humoral and cellular immune responses ...

differentiation between acute and recurrent infections and type-specific identification of herpes virus infections. As gold standard methods, tube and shell via viral cultures are still applied in ...