Varicella-zoster virus early infection but not complete replication is required for the induction of chronic hypersensitivity in rat models of postherpetic neuralgia

• Benjamin E. Warner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-1516

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• Michael B. Yee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6296-7757

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• Mingdi Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Rebecca S. Hornung,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7629-8144

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• Benedikt B. Kaufer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1328-2695

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• Robert J. Visalli,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-8922

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• Phillip R. Kramer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0117-542X

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• William F. Goins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Paul R. Kinchington

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kinchingtonp@upmc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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