Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Herpes zoster (HZ; shingles) results from reactivation of varicella–zoster virus that has been dormant in the spinal and cranial sensory ganglia following primary infection with varicella ...

About shingles (herpes zoster). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About chickenpox. Ayoade F, Kumar S. Varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox). In: StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing ...

HSV and varicella zoster virus (VZV ... [5] Despite the self-limiting characteristics of most herpes infections, growing public attention has been focused on these viruses because HSV and VZV ...

Around 8% of people who suffer an episode of shingles will get an infection in the eye, a condition known as herpes zoster ophthalmicus, or HZO. About 1 in 10 HZO cases result in moderate to ...

Just like our memory and reflexes, the ageing of our immune system can not only cause it to forget how to react to certain ...

A NEW strain of the mpox virus has been detected in the UK, and now an expert has warned not to confuse the symptoms with ...

Also called ‘herpes zoster’, shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus causing childhood chickenpox re-emerges from sensory ganglion nervous system cells where the virus lies dormant after ...

The vaccine protects against a condition called herpes zoster, more commonly known as shingles. The infection causes a ...

Investigators conducted a systemic review to summarize evidence regarding the use systemic Janus kinase inhibitors in patients with refractory nonsegmental vitiligo.