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David Jobson wrote:
> Some one told me that this was not true infection, but still
> a re-awakening of the dormant virus as result of the
> stimulation of meeting the virus again. Same argument for
> those kids with pox that "give" their G'parents shingles.
>
> Sounds neat, but I've no idea how evidence based it is.
>
Okay. I'll buy that one.
Does anyone know whether there are "always" zoster virions in vesicles or is it only evidence of immunofluorescence (?antigen-antibody complex) which is sought on testing ?
It may be that the vesicles are purely an acute inflammatory response to the intra-neural virus. Do we have any virologists on line ??
Or immunologists ?
(I suppose we might even settle for a dermatologist..)
Jon Wilcox
Auckland