Varicella-zoster virus /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Abendroth, Allison, Arvin, Ann M., Moffat, Jennifer F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York, NY : Springer Verlag, 2010.
Series:Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 342.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Varicella-zoster virus genome
  • VZV molecular epidemiology
  • Roles of cellular transcription factors in VZV replication
  • Effects of Varicella-zoster virus on cell cycle regulatory pathways
  • Varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 66 protein kinase and its relationship to alphaherpesvirus US3 kinases
  • VZV ORF 47 serine protein kinase and its viral substrates
  • Overview of Varicella-zoster virus glycoproteins gC, gH and gL
  • Analysis of the function of glycoproteins E and I and their promoters during VZV replication in virto and in skin and T cell xenografts in the SCID mouse model of VZV pathogenesis
  • Varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein M
  • Varicella zoster virus immune evasion strategies
  • VZV Infection of keratinocytes: production of cell-free infectious virions in vivo
  • Varicella-zoster virus T cell tropism and the pathogenesis of skin infection
  • Experimental models to study varicella zoster virus infection of neurons
  • Molecular characterization of Varicella zoster virus (VZV) in latently infected human ganglia: physical state and abundance of VZV DNA, quantitation of viral transcripts and detection of VZV-specific proteins
  • Neurological disease produced by Varicella zoster virus reactivation without rash
  • Varicella-zoster virus neurotropism in SCID mouse-human DRG xenografts
  • Rodent models of Varicella-zoster virus neurotropism
  • Simian Varicella virus: molecular virology
  • Simian Varicella virus pathogenesis
  • Varicella-zoster virus vaccine: molecular genetics
  • VZV T-cell-mediated immunity
  • Perspectives on vaccines against Varicella-zoster virus infections