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Chickenpox

Known as: Skoldkopper, Varicella (Chickenpox), abaabuot ruax 
A contagious childhood disorder caused by the varicella zoster virus. It is transmitted via respiratory secretions and contact with chickenpox… 
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Herpesviridae InfectionsVirus Diseases

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Varicella pneumonia

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Review
2012
Review
2012
An ethnomedicinal survey conducted among the folk medicinal practitioners of three villages in Kurigram district, Bangladesh
Folk medicine is an integral part of the various traditional medicinal practices of Bangladesh. The folk medicinal practitioners… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners of six villages in Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh.
Folk medicinal practitioners, otherwise known as Kavirajes form an important component of the primary health-care system of… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Quantitation of latent varicella-zoster virus DNA in human trigeminal ganglia by polymerase chain reaction
Competitive polymerase chain reaction was used to quantitate latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA in human trigeminal ganglia… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
DNA sequence of the herpes simplex virus type 1 gene encoding glycoprotein gH, and identification of homologues in the genomes of varicella-zoster virus and Epstein-Barr virus.
We have determined the sequence of herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA around the previously mapped location of sequences encoding an… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
DNA sequence of the herpes simplex virus type 1 gene whose product is responsible for transcriptional activation of immediate early promoters.
Previous work has shown that transcriptional activation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) immediate early genes is mediated… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Grade I Reye's syndrome. A frequent cause of vomiting and liver dysfunction after varicella and upper-respiratory-tract infection.
In a one-year prospective study we assessed the incidence of Reye's syndrome in children presenting with the acute onset of… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Prophylaxis of varicella in high-risk children: dose-response effect of zoster immune globulin.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Immunoglobulins M and G to varicella-zoster virus measured by solid-phase radioimmunoassay: antibody responses to varicella and herpes zoster infections
Both immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) were detectable in a solid-phase radioimmunoassay… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Antibody Assays for Varicella-Zoster Virus: Comparison of Enzyme Immunoassay with Neutralization, Immune Adherence Hemagglutination, and Complement Fixation
An enzyme immunossay (EIA) was adapted for detection of antibody to varicella-zoster virus, and its sensitivity and specificity… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Virus Diseases in Pregnancy and Congenital Defects
To determine the probability that an illness of the mother during her pregnancy will give rise to a congenital malformation in… 
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