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 ... it is associated with a number of acute symptoms such as a vesicular rash and pain. Longer-term complications include visual disturbances and postherpetic neuralgia ...

Decades later, a declining VZV-specific host immunity [31] leads to virus reactivation, usually resulting in herpes zoster (also known as shingles), which is characterized by pain and rash ...

Also called ‘herpes zoster’, shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus ... 30% will develop shingles at least once in their lifetime. The blistering skin rash accompanying shingles also causes ...

The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash in the skin area that the nerve wires ... nerve that supplies the forehead and eye, a condition called herpes zoster ...

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

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 ...

"Out of the 23 reported and investigated cases, 16 were non-serious, ranging from generalized itchy rash, fever, ...

The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash in the skin area that ... a condition called herpes zoster ophthalmicus, or HZO. Shingles causes keratitis when it affects ...

Also known as herpes zoster, shingles is a painful skin condition ... Keep that painful, itchy rash away this winter. For ...