Anita Gade, BA; Cassandra Johnson, MS; Nikhil Anbarasan, BS; Matthew Apicella, MS Keywords: Art, Nature, Pleomorphic Lipoma, CTCL, dermatomyositis, IgA Pemphigus, Varicella, Tuberosclerosis, Pityriasis Rosea, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Erythema Gyratum Repens, SLE, Alopecia Areata, Melanoma, Pseudomonal Pyoderm Springtime evokes a sense of revitalization. Sprouting plants emerge from fertile soil nourished by rainfall and sunshine. Blades of grass sway in the cool breeze, synchronizing with the melody of birds chirping. The essence of spring, exquisitely captured by revolutionary American writer Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) in her autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl1: The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to … Continue reading
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Countering Creeping Confusion: A Proposal to Re-Name Herpes Virus TAXONOMY
Curing Contagious Confusion: It Is Time to Re-Name Herpesviridae Countering Creeping Confusion: A Proposal to Re-Name Herpes Virus TAXONOMY Vail Reese, MD1, Julie A. Croley, MD2, Richard F. Wagner, Jr., MD2 Affiliations: 1 Union Square Dermatology, San Francisco, CA Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Francisco 2 University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Dermatology, Galveston, TX Tags: Viral Taxonomy, Herpes Simplex, Herpes Zoster, Epstein-Barr Virus, Cytomegalovirus, Kaposi’s Sarcoma, HHV, HSV, EBV, Varicella, Habitavirus Corresponding Author Information: Julie Croley, MD University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Dermatology 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555 Email: jaamthor@utmb.edu Note: See Dr. Richard Ratzan’s letter about this article: Countering Herpes- A Commentary ABSTRACT : … Continue reading