Influence of Age and Nature of Primary Infection on Varicella‐Zoster Virus–Specific Cell‐Mediated Immune Responses
Author(s) -
Adriana Weinberg,
Ann A. Lazar,
Gary O. Zerbe,
Anthony Hayward,
Ivan S. F. Chan,
Rupert Vessey,
Jeffrey L. Silber,
Rob Roy MacGregor,
Kenny Chan,
Anne A. Gershon,
Myron J. Levin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/651199
Subject(s) - varicella zoster virus , varicella vaccine , medicine , vaccination , chickenpox vaccine , immunity , virus , immunology , virology , chickenpox , young adult , immune system , immunization
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-specific cell-mediated immunity is important for protection against VZV disease. We studied the relationship between VZV cell-mediated immunity and age after varicella or VZV vaccination in healthy and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals.
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