Ictus isquémico tras infección por varicela

Medina, J.A. López; Algar, J.L. Martínez; Pons, Enriqueta; Aguilar, P. Azcón González de; Cantón, Julia; Aparicio, S. Roldán

doi:10.1016/s1695-4033(02)78696-7

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Common Features Between Stroke Following Varicella in Children and Stroke Following Herpes Zoster in Adults

Grose

Shaban

Fullerton

2021

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

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The cerebral arteries are innervated by afferent fibers from the trigeminal ganglia. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) frequently resides in the trigeminal ganglion. Reports of arterial ischemic stroke due to VZV cerebral vasculopathy in adults after herpes zoster have been described for decades. Reports of arterial ischemic stroke due to post-varicella cerebral arteriopathy in children have also been described for decades. One rationale for this review has been post-licensure studies that have shown an apparent protective effect from stroke in both adults who have received live zoster vaccine and children who have received live varicella vaccine. In this review, we define common features between stroke following varicella in children and stroke following herpes zoster in adults. The trigeminal ganglion and to a lesser extent the superior cervical ganglion are central to the stroke pathogenesis pathway because afferent fibers from these two ganglia provide the circuitry by which the virus can travel to the anterior and posterior circulations of the brain. Based on studies in pseudorabies virus (PRV) models, it is likely that VZV is carried to the cerebral arteries on a kinesin motor via gE, gI and the homolog of PRV US9. The gE product is an essential VZV protein.

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