Rahul Tuli

2 months ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sharanya Kumar |Rahul Tuli |Brandon Duong |Abdulsattar Mohammed

1 Introduction Herpesviridae is a family of DNA viruses, nine of which are known to infect humans [1]. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), alternatively known as human herpesvirus 3 (HHV-3), is one of these viruses. Primary infections by VZV lead to chickenpox, which predominantly affects children without VZV immunity. Following primary infection, VZV exhibits neurotropism, allowing it to migrate to and establish latency within the dorsal root ganglia via retrograde axonal transport [2].