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it will kill your dog
What is "125,000 nt"? Typo for nm?
You have to wonder though, if the wild virus produced immunity for life, why did anyone get SHingles? And they did, although it is more common now in ENgland, where we do not routinely immunise, than it used to be. I think the article may have been a bit too definite and simple on that topic. Midgley 23:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
I wish I could add this to the article, but I have no sources, just my own observation:
The vaccine is a failure.
I know of at least 3 families who's children got the vaccine, but got chicken pox anyway (and at young ages, not 10 to 20 years later). The article claims that 'breakthrough infections' are mild, but that is not what I saw.
I fully expect it to be withdrawn from the market in the next 5 years. Either that, or they will recommend boosters every 7 years. (Which I guess will make the manufacturer happy.)
Certainly adults who have no contact with children with chicken pox should get boosters, and I expect this to be the recommendation. And I think that's a mistake in policy to depend on repeated vaccines when the illness itself is as mild as it is.
Ariel. 12:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone ever done a study if people who have had chicken pox have a lower herpes infection rate? When I was young, everyone had chicken pox because there was no vaccination. My observation is there were fewer herpes cases in those times and amongst these people. 121.209.50.226 ( talk) 04:27, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
For the record, the current article cluster relating to varicella zoster virus is:
Discussions of this cluster include:
-- Una Smith ( talk) 20:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
The article uses the abbreviation "CNS", but does not define it. Probably "Central Nervous System", but I hope someone with more knowledge verifies this. 24.208.227.63 ( talk) 21:04, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
I plan to do an extensive revamping of this page as part of WP:VIRUS. Because the decision was made to leave the VZV article cluster as indicated above, I will focus primarily on the virology with brief discussions of the diseases caused.
Currently this page has a lot of references to comparisons with Herpes Simplex Virus, while this may be informative to people who have extensive knowledge of HSV I don't believe that it is helpful for the lay person trying to learn about VZV alone. As such I plan to describe the lifecycle and physiology of the virus without extensive comparisons to other members of the herpesvirus family.
If anyone is interested in assisting in this project, I'd love the help!
Delyons13 ( talk) 22:05, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
I understand that it taxonomically goes by the name "Human alphaherpesvirus 3", but the common name is still "Varicella-zoster virus". Is this new name widespread enough that it trumps WP:COMMONNAME? – Þjarkur (talk) 15:13, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Currency If the scientific name of a plant has recently been changed (e.g. a species has been transferred into a different genus), and there is no reason to believe that the name change is contentious, use the new name regardless of usage in older reliable sources. It is not appropriate for us to retain archaic terminology while we wait for usage in older reliable sources to be swamped by usage in newer sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.154.169.156 ( talk) 07:13, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
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This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Nifancher.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 12:16, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
it will kill your dog
What is "125,000 nt"? Typo for nm?
You have to wonder though, if the wild virus produced immunity for life, why did anyone get SHingles? And they did, although it is more common now in ENgland, where we do not routinely immunise, than it used to be. I think the article may have been a bit too definite and simple on that topic. Midgley 23:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
I wish I could add this to the article, but I have no sources, just my own observation:
The vaccine is a failure.
I know of at least 3 families who's children got the vaccine, but got chicken pox anyway (and at young ages, not 10 to 20 years later). The article claims that 'breakthrough infections' are mild, but that is not what I saw.
I fully expect it to be withdrawn from the market in the next 5 years. Either that, or they will recommend boosters every 7 years. (Which I guess will make the manufacturer happy.)
Certainly adults who have no contact with children with chicken pox should get boosters, and I expect this to be the recommendation. And I think that's a mistake in policy to depend on repeated vaccines when the illness itself is as mild as it is.
Ariel. 12:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone ever done a study if people who have had chicken pox have a lower herpes infection rate? When I was young, everyone had chicken pox because there was no vaccination. My observation is there were fewer herpes cases in those times and amongst these people. 121.209.50.226 ( talk) 04:27, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
For the record, the current article cluster relating to varicella zoster virus is:
Discussions of this cluster include:
-- Una Smith ( talk) 20:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
The article uses the abbreviation "CNS", but does not define it. Probably "Central Nervous System", but I hope someone with more knowledge verifies this. 24.208.227.63 ( talk) 21:04, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
I plan to do an extensive revamping of this page as part of WP:VIRUS. Because the decision was made to leave the VZV article cluster as indicated above, I will focus primarily on the virology with brief discussions of the diseases caused.
Currently this page has a lot of references to comparisons with Herpes Simplex Virus, while this may be informative to people who have extensive knowledge of HSV I don't believe that it is helpful for the lay person trying to learn about VZV alone. As such I plan to describe the lifecycle and physiology of the virus without extensive comparisons to other members of the herpesvirus family.
If anyone is interested in assisting in this project, I'd love the help!
Delyons13 ( talk) 22:05, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
I understand that it taxonomically goes by the name "Human alphaherpesvirus 3", but the common name is still "Varicella-zoster virus". Is this new name widespread enough that it trumps WP:COMMONNAME? – Þjarkur (talk) 15:13, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Currency If the scientific name of a plant has recently been changed (e.g. a species has been transferred into a different genus), and there is no reason to believe that the name change is contentious, use the new name regardless of usage in older reliable sources. It is not appropriate for us to retain archaic terminology while we wait for usage in older reliable sources to be swamped by usage in newer sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.154.169.156 ( talk) 07:13, 13 December 2023 (UTC)