History of chickenpox in glioma risk: a report from the glioma international case–control study (GICC)

History of chickenpox in glioma risk: a report from the glioma international case–control study (GICC)

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic α‐herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and establishes life‐long latency in the cranial nerve and dorsal root ganglia of the host. To date, VZV is the only virus consistently reported to have an inverse association with glioma. The Glioma International Cas...

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Main Authors: Amirian, E. Susan, Scheurer, Michael E., Zhou, Renke, Wrensch, Margaret R., Armstrong, Georgina N., Lachance, Daniel, Olson, Sara H., Lau, Ching C., Claus, Elizabeth B., Barnholtz‐Sloan, Jill S., Il'yasova, Dora, Schildkraut, Joellen, Ali‐Osman, Francis, Sadetzki, Siegal, Jenkins, Robert B., Bernstein, Jonine L., Merrell, Ryan T., Davis, Faith G., Lai, Rose, Shete, Sanjay, Amos, Christopher I., Melin, Beatrice S., Bondy, Melissa L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924393/

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