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

There were zero confirmed cases of herpes zoster (shingles) in the amezosvatein arm of participants, regardless of dose, after mean follow-up of 18.8 months in this post-hoc analysis of the Phase 2 ...

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 ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- One year of valacyclovir is beneficial for patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), according ... pain medication in HZO patients and in those with ...

The highly contagious illness, caused by the varicella-zoster virus, remains dormant in the nervous system for years, where it can reactivate, causing shingles. The highly neuroinflammatory disease ...

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 ...

In about 8 percent of the more than 1 million new shingles cases in the United States each year, the virus awakens in the nerve that supplies the forehead and eye, a condition called herpes zoster ...

It is recommended that adults 50 and older receive two doses of Shingrix, the shingles vaccine, two to six months apart, per ...

In about 8% of the more than 1 million new shingles cases in the United States each year, the virus awakens in the nerve that supplies the forehead and eye, a condition called herpes zoster ...