{"id":1697,"date":"2015-07-02T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.pediatricsdirectory.com\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2023-08-26T22:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T02:26:13","slug":"1697-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/1697\/","title":{"rendered":"Varicella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nrdp201542\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"873\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/varicella.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/varicella.png 873w, https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/varicella-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/varicella-768x244.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"standout\">Varicella.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nrdp201542\">Varicella zoster virus<\/a> (VZV, also known as human herpesvirus 3) is a ubiquitous alpha-herpesvirus with a double-stranded DNA genome. VZV only naturally infects humans, with no animal reservoir; its main targets are T lymphocytes, epithelial cells and ganglia. Primary infection causes varicella (chickenpox), during which VZV becomes latent in ganglionic neurons.<\/p>\n<span class=\"tags-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/chicken-pox\/\" rel=\"tag\">chicken pox<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/herpes-viruses\/\" rel=\"tag\">herpes viruses<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/shingles\/\" rel=\"tag\">shingles<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/varicella\/\" rel=\"tag\">varicella<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/virology\/\" rel=\"tag\">virology<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varicella. Varicella zoster virus (VZV, also known as human herpesvirus 3) is a ubiquitous alpha-herpesvirus with a double-stranded DNA genome. VZV only naturally infects humans, with no animal reservoir; its main targets are T lymphocytes, epithelial cells and ganglia. Primary infection causes varicella (chickenpox), during which VZV becomes latent in ganglionic neurons. chicken poxherpes virusesshinglesvaricellavirology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[274],"tags":[737,1189,1877,2088,2109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5613,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions\/5613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pediatricscommunity.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}