Biological Plausibility of a Link Between Arterial Ischemic Stroke and Infection With Varicella-Zoster Virus or Herpes Simplex Virus

Circulation. 2016 Feb 23;133(8):695-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021459. Epub 2016 Jan 26.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; arteritis; chickenpox vaccine; herpesvirus 3, human; simplex virus.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Brain Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Brain Ischemia / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Herpesviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Herpesviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stroke / diagnosis*
  • Stroke / epidemiology*