However, the former interpretation seems highly likely because the sonicated cell free VZV isolates did not produce infectious virus in the ND7/23-Nav1.8 cell line and, though VZV transcripts, including those transcribed from late viral genes, were detected in the cell line during 72 hr of infection, these levels were only 10–25% of those detected in the permissive, infected MeWo cells. Here, SCN10A is linked to infection.