We reviewed a variety of phenotypic and molecular tests used for the laboratory diagnosis of HSV-1/2 and VZV infections. The test of choice may vary with the clinical circumstance (Table 3).

There are two types of HSV: herpes type 1 (HSV-1), mainly spread through ... with the development of MS, including: varicella-zoster virus (VZV) cytomegalovirus (CMV) human herpesvirus 6 (HHV ...

share antigenic determinants and that the VZV genome contains homologous regions to HSV-1 and HSV-2 genomes. More recently Edson, et al, found that the envelope glycoproteins HSV gB and VZV gp 63 ...

So once someone gets infected, they've got the virus for life. In the 15-to-49-year-old age range, 1 in 5 people are living ...

VZV has many of the same characteristics as herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), commonly linked to cold sores, and herpes ...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV), which commonly causes chickenpox and shingles, activates herpes simplex virus (HSV) from dormancy in neural tissue grown in vitro, which then leads to an increase in ...

HSV-1 affects between 50 and 80 percent of American ... found people who had HSV and varicella zoster virus (VSV) were more likely to develop dementia. However, not all the studies investigating ...

Despite the availability of small-molecule antiviral treatments, a clear unmet need remains for a range of skin problems caused by infections with herpes viruses. These include cold sores (herpes ...

If the clinical sample contains viable virus, cytopathic effects due to the herpes virus replication occur after several days, signaling the recovery of HSV-1/2 and VZV from the sample.

In the 15-to-49-year-old age range, 1 in 5 people are living with a genital herpes infection — that's about 846 million people. These estimates were published this month in the journal Sexually ...