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The Effects of Stress on the Immune System

Implications for Reactivation of Latent Herpesviruses

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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There are presently seven known and characterized human herpesviruses: herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), HSV-2, cytomegalovirus (CMV), varicella zoster virus (VZV), Epstein—Barr virus (EBV), human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), and HHV-7. Recently, another human herpesvirus has been linked to Kaposi’s sarcoma and designated HHV-8; studies are still under way to characterize this virus.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA

    Katherine L. Applegate & Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser

  2. Department of Microbiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA

    John Hay

  3. Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1222, USA

    John T. Cacioppo

  4. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA

    Ronald Glaser

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  1. Institute of Medical Psychology, University of Essen, Essen, Germany

    Manfred Schedlowski

  2. Department of Medical Psychology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    Uwe Tewes

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Applegate, K.L., Hay, J., Cacioppo, J.T., Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Glaser, R. (1999). The Effects of Stress on the Immune System. In: Schedlowski, M., Tewes, U. (eds) Psychoneuroimmunology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4879-9_27

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