Zoster of the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the human body, is an uncommon event. We cared for a child with sciatic nerve zoster who had severe pain over the lower back 6 days before appearance of vesicular rash on the foot in the L4 dermatome. On the basis of the clinical data, we calculated an anterograde velocity for the varicella zoster virion of 5.55 mm/h or .0015 mm/s. Because there is no good animal model of varicella zoster virus reactivation from latency, this experiment of nature fills a notable gap in our knowledge about varicella zoster virus neuronal transportation.
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机译：坐骨神经的带状疱疹是人体中最长的神经，这是罕见的事件。我们照顾了一个坐骨神经带状疱疹的患儿，该患儿在L4皮刀足部出现水疱疹之前6天，在下背部疼痛严重。根据临床数据，我们计算出水痘带状疱疹病毒粒子的顺行速度为5.55 mm / h或.0015 mm / s。由于没有从潜伏期恢复水痘带状疱疹病毒的良好动物模型，因此这项自然实验填补了我们对水痘带状疱疹病毒神经元运输的认识上的明显空白。
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