Varicella-zoster Virus

1. The Varicella-Zoster Virus Genome
Jeffrey I. Cohen

2. VZV Molecular Epidemiology
Judith Breuer

3. Roles of Cellular Transcription Factors in VZV Replication
William T. Ruyechan

4. Effects of Varicella-Zoster Virus on Cell Cycle Regulatory Pathways
Jennifer F. Moffat, Rebecca J. Greenblatt

5. Varicella-Zoster Virus Open Reading Frame 66 Protein Kinase and Its Relationship to Alphaherpesvirus US3 Kinases
Angela Erazo, Paul R. Kinchington

6. VZV ORF47 Serine Protein Kinase and Its Viral Substrates
Teri K. Kenyon, Charles Grose

7. Overview of Varicella-Zoster Virus Glycoproteins gC, gH and gL
Charles Grose, John E. Carpenter, Wallen Jackson, Karen M. Duus

8. Analysis of the Functions of Glycoproteins E and I and Their Promoters During VZV Replication In Vitro and in Skin and T-Cell Xenografts in the SCID Mouse Model of VZV Pathogenesis
Ann M. Arvin, Stefan Oliver, Mike Reichelt, Jennifer F. Moffat, Marvin Sommer, Leigh Zerboni, Barbara Berarducci

9. Varicella-Zoster Virus Glycoprotein M
Yasuko Mori, Tomohiko Sadaoka

10. Varicella Zoster Virus Immune Evasion Strategies
Allison Abendroth, Paul R. Kinchington, Barry Slobedman

11. VZV Infection of Keratinocytes: Production of Cell-Free Infectious Virions In Vivo
Michael D. Gershon, Anne A. Gershon

12. Varicella-Zoster Virus T Cell Tropism and the Pathogenesis of Skin Infection
Ann M. Arvin, Jennifer F. Moffat, Marvin Sommer, Stefan Oliver, Xibing Che, Susan Vleck, Leigh Zerboni, Chia-Chi Ku

13. Experimental Models to Study Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection of Neurons
Megan Steain, Barry Slobedman, Allison Abendroth

14. Molecular Characterization of Varicella Zoster Virus in Latently Infected Human Ganglia: Physical State and Abundance of VZV DNA, Quantitation of Viral Transcripts and Detection of VZV-Specific Proteins
Yevgeniy Azarkh, Don Gilden, Randall J. Cohrs

15. Neurological Disease Produced by Varicella Zoster Virus Reactivation Without Rash
Don Gilden, Randall J. Cohrs, Ravi Mahalingam, Maria A. Nagel

16. Varicella-Zoster Virus Neurotropism in SCID Mouse–Human Dorsal Root Ganglia Xenografts
L. Zerboni, M. Reichelt, A. Arvin

17. Rodent Models of Varicella-Zoster Virus Neurotropism
Jeffrey I. Cohen

18. Simian Varicella Virus: Molecular Virology
Wayne L. Gray

19. Simian Varicella Virus Pathogenesis
Ravi Mahalingam, Ilhem Messaoudi, Don Gilden

20. Varicella-Zoster Virus Vaccine: Molecular Genetics
D. Scott Schmid

21. VZV T Cell-Mediated Immunity
Adriana Weinberg, Myron J. Levin

22. Perspectives on Vaccines Against Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections
Anne A. Gershon, Michael D. Gershon

Keywords: Biomedicine, Virology