Behavioural changes in the rat following infection with varicella-zoster virus

Sue Fleetwood‐Walker, John P. Quinn, C J Wallace, Gordon Blackburn-Munro, B. Kelly, C. E. Fiskerstrand, Anthony A. Nash, Robert Dalziel

Journal of General Virology · 1999 · 96 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Following the establishment of a chronic varicella-zoster virus infection in the rat, behavioural allodynia and hyperalgesia were observed in the injected, but not the contralateral hind limb up to 33 days post-infection. This model may prove useful in investigating mechanisms involved in the establishment of post-herpetic neuralgia.

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