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Comparison of quantitations of viral load in varicella and zoster
1Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. hkimura@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|June 2, 2000
Abstract:
The pathogenesis of varicella and zoster and the effects of antiviral treatment were investigated using real-time PCR for varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA in skin lesions and peripheral blood. A higher occurrence of viremic VZV DNA was observed in varicella than in zoster. Acyclovir treatment resulted in marked suppression of viremia in varicella.