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First received: September 19, 2022

Clinical Trial: VZV in the Enteric Nervous System: Pathogenesis and Consequences

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Achalasia

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: VZV in the Enteric Nervous System: Pathogenesis and Consequences

Brief Summary: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is the cause of chickenpox and shingles, but it also infects, becomes latent, and reactivates in nerve cells of the bowel to cause a gastrointestinal disorder ("enteric shingles").The Investigators recently found that a chronic active VZV infection, a form of enteric shingles, is associated with achalasia, a severe disease in which the passage of food from esophagus to stomach is impaired.We now propose to eradicate VZV to determine whether its association with achalasia is…

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