TY - JOUR
T1 - Interplay between stress and immunity triggers herpes zoster infection in COVID-19 patients
T2 - a review
AU - Rahangdale, Rakesh Ravishankar
AU - Tender, Tenzin
AU - Balireddy, Sridevi
AU - Pasupuleti, Mukesh
AU - Hariharapura, Raghu Chandrashekar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Canadian Science Publishing. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potential health threat in the highly mobile society of the world. There are also concerns regarding the occurrence of co-infections occurring in COVID-19 patients. Herpes zoster (HZ) is currently being reported as a co-infection in COVID-19 patients. It is a varicella-zoster virus induced viral infection affecting older and immunocompromised individuals. Reactivation of HZ infection in COVID-19 patients are emerging and the mechanism of reactivation is still unknown. The most convincing argument is that increased psychological and immunological stress leads to HZ in COVID-19 patients; this review justifies this argument.
AB - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potential health threat in the highly mobile society of the world. There are also concerns regarding the occurrence of co-infections occurring in COVID-19 patients. Herpes zoster (HZ) is currently being reported as a co-infection in COVID-19 patients. It is a varicella-zoster virus induced viral infection affecting older and immunocompromised individuals. Reactivation of HZ infection in COVID-19 patients are emerging and the mechanism of reactivation is still unknown. The most convincing argument is that increased psychological and immunological stress leads to HZ in COVID-19 patients; this review justifies this argument.
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U2 - 10.1139/cjm-2021-0242
DO - 10.1139/cjm-2021-0242
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85129265411
SN - 0008-4166
VL - 68
SP - 303
EP - 314
JO - Canadian Journal of Microbiology
JF - Canadian Journal of Microbiology
IS - 5
ER -