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.

These two reports address the effects of varicella-zoster vaccination and varicella vaccination. Richard Whitley, who chaired the data and safety monitoring board for the Shingles Prevention Study ...

Background: Currently, evidence regarding the causal relationship between primary immunodeficiency-related genes and varicella-zoster virus reactivation syndrome is limited and inconsistent. Therefore ...

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, occurs when the dormant chickenpox virus (varicella zoster) is reactivated in your nerve tissue. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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Shingles happen because the virus that causes chickenpox (varicella zoster) gets reactivated. After a person has chickenpox, the virus will stay in the body but is inactive (dormant). If the virus ...

Now physicists at the University of Arizona have developed the world’s fastest electron microscope to capture events lasting just one quintillionth of a second. A good camera, with a shutter ...

The motion of whizzing electrons has been captured like never before. Researchers have developed a laser-based microscope that snaps images at attosecond — or a billionth of a billionth of a ...

Mohammed Hassan, a UA associate professor of physics and optical sciences, likens transmission electron microscopes to a smartphone’s camera. “When you get the latest version of a smartphone ...