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Immunity to and Prevention of Herpes Zoster

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Anne A. Gershon

    1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, USA

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  2. Ann M. Arvin

    1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

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  3. Charles H. Calisher

    1. Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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Part of the book series: Archives of Virology. Supplementa (ARCHIVES SUPPL, volume 17)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. The current status of live attenuated varicella vaccine

    • A. A. Gershon
    Pages 1-6

  3. Evidence for frequent reactivation of the Oka varicella vaccine strain in healthy vaccinees

    • P. R. Krause
    Pages 7-15

  4. Investigation of varicella-zoster virus variation by heteroduplex mobility assay

    • W. Barrett-Muir, K. Hawrami, J. Clarke, J. Breuer
    Pages 17-25

  5. Varicella-zoster virus with a lost gE epitope: evidence for immunological pressure by the human antibody response

    • J. A. Padilla, C. Grose
    Pages 27-39

  6. Biologic and geographic differences between vaccine and clinical varicella-zoster virus isolates

    • P. S. LaRussa, A. A. Gershon
    Pages 41-48

  7. Comparison of DNA sequence and transactivation activity of open reading frame 62 of Oka varicella vaccine and its parental viruses

    • Y. Gomi, T. Imagawa, M. Takahashi, K. Yamanishi
    Pages 49-56

  8. Cis and trans elements regulating expression of the varicella zoster virus gI gene

    • H. He, D. Boucaud, J. Hay, W. T. Ruyechan
    Pages 57-70

  9. Interactions among structural proteins of varicella zoster virus

    • M. Spengler, N. Niesen, C. Grose, W. T. Ruyechan, J. Hay
    Pages 71-79

  10. The role of varicella zoster virus immediate-early proteins in latency and their potential use as components of vaccines

    • C. Sadzot-Delvaux, B. Rentier
    Pages 81-89

  11. Mutagenesis of the varicella-zoster virus genome: lessons learned

    • J. I. Cohen
    Pages 91-97

  12. Immune evasion mechanisms of varicella-zoster virus

    • A. Abendroth, A. Arvin
    Pages 99-107

  13. Pathway of viral spread in herpes zoster: detection of the protein encoded by open reading frame 63 of varicella-zoster virus in biopsy specimens

    • T. Iwasaki, R. Muraki, T. Kasahara, Y. Sato, T. Sata, T. Kurata
    Pages 109-119

  14. Vaccination against cytomegalovirus

    • S. A. Plotkin
    Pages 121-134

  15. Varicella zoster virus in human and rat tissue specimens

    • P. W. Annunziato, O. Lungu, C. Panagiotidis
    Pages 135-142

  16. In vitro measurement of human T cell responses to varicella zoster virus antigen

    • A. R. Hayward
    Pages 143-149

  17. Use of varicella vaccines to prevent herpes zoster in older individuals

    • M. J. Levin
    Pages 151-160

  18. Immunization of the elderly to boost immunity against varicella-zoster virus (VZV) as assessed by VZV skin test reaction

    • M. Takahashi, H. Kamiya, Y. Asano, K. Shiraki, K. Baba, T. Otsuka et al.
    Pages 161-172

  19. Varicella-zoster virus immunity and prevention: a conference perspective

    • S. E. Straus
    Pages 173-178

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 179-184
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About this book

Under sponsorship of the National Institutes of Health of Japan, an international conference entitled "Immunity and Prevention of Herpes Zoster" was held in 1 Osaka, Japan, March 8-10, 1999. Attendees included basic and clinical investi­ gators from Asia, Europe, and North America. The meeting was organized to explore progress made in basic virology and molecular understanding of varicella zoster (VZV), and to provide information on current knowledge of latency of VZV in humans. Updates on the immunology responses of humans to VZV, and a description of the current status of varicella vaccine worldwide were also included. In addition, the possibility of prevent­ ing zoster in people latently infected with wild-type VZV by immunizing them with varicella vaccine was presented. The papers in this volume include written summaries of most of the presentations given at that conference. Coincidentally but appropriately, the conference marked the twenty-fifth or "silver anniversary" of the first publication of the development and use of live varicella vaccine to prevent varicella, by Takahashi and his colleagues. Because varicella vaccine is the first herpesvirus vaccine licensed in use for humans, it is of special interest to all individuals who studied these pathogens. In view of the interest in developing vaccines against other herpes viruses, there was also a presentation on the current status of vaccines against cytomegaloviruses (CMV) at the conference.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, USA

    Anne A. Gershon

  • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Ann M. Arvin

  • Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

    Charles H. Calisher

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