Varicella-zoster virus in the saliva of patients with herpes zoster

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Fifty-four patients with herpes zoster were treated with valacyclovir. On treatment days 1, 8, and 15, pain was scored and saliva examined for varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA. VZV DNA was found in every patient the day treatment was started and later disappeared in 82%. There was a positive correlation between the presence of VZV DNA and pain and between VZV DNA copy number and pain (P

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Mehta, S. K., Tyring, S. K., Gilden, D. H., Cohrs, R. J., Leal, M. J., Castro, V. A., … Pierson, D. L. (2008). Varicella-zoster virus in the saliva of patients with herpes zoster. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 197(5), 654–657. https://doi.org/10.1086/527420

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