The study described in [47] was supported in part by a research contract between the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Quidel Corporation (SK2013-0910). The authors have no other ...

Shingles usually has a distinctive look that distinguishes it from other kinds of skin lesions, such as acne, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1, which causes oral herpes), HSV-2 (which causes ...

Natural killer cell deficiency should be considered in patients susceptible to herpes virus or papillomavirus with persistently decreased NK cell function.

Evidence shows that vaccines of shingles, even influenza and tuberculosis, can lower the incidence of the disease ...

A new study out of Wales has found those who received the shingles vaccine were 20 per cent less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.

This discovery is a big step forward in the fight against common viral infections like shingles and herpes. For millions of ...

The classic laboratory methods for the detection and differentiation of HSV-1/2 and VZV, including Tzanck smear testing, viral culture, DFA testing and serologic testing, have been well documented ...