Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections Charles F. Grose Chickenpox is the common childhood exanthem caused by the human herpesvirus varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Before varicella vaccine was recommended for all susceptible children in…
Human Herpesvirus Types 7 and 8 Charles F. Grose HUMAN HERPESVIRUS TYPE 7 In 1990, the discovery of a new herpesvirus was reported. Human herpesvirus (HHV) type 7 was isolated…
Human Herpesvirus Type 6 Julia A. McMillan Charles F. Grose Human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) was first isolated in 1986 from the white blood cells of adult patients with lymphoproliferative…
Postnatal Herpes Simplex Virus Steve Kohl Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a moderately large virus consisting of an icosahedral capsid enclosing a core of double-stranded DNA and protein, surrounded by…
Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Children Katherine Luzuriaga John L. Sullivan In 1964, Anthony Epstein and Yvonne Barr isolated a new herpesvirus from Burkitt lymphoma tumor cells. This herpesvirus (the fifth…
Nonpolio Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses James D. Cherry The nonpolio enteroviruses and parechoviruses (coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, enteroviruses, and parechoviruses) are responsible for significant and frequent human illness with protean clinical manifestations. These…
Polioviruses James D. Cherry Polioviruses are a subgroup of the enteroviruses. When a susceptible person is infected with a poliovirus, one of the following responses may occur: inapparent infection, minor…
Parvoviruses James D. Cherry Parvoviruses infect and cause disease in a great variety of insects and animals. The human parvovirus B19 was discovered serendipitously in 1974, and it was found…
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Caroline Breese Hall Chameleon of decades past and new Can we yet find the way to conquer you? For underneath your coat of guise there lies A…
Human Metapneumovirus Caroline Breese Hall A player in the Mardi Gras of ills of years long past, Though only recently it’s been unrobed and now unmasked. But just what role…
