is a highly contagious and potentially serious virus that can lead to respiratory illness.9 Both RSV and shingles pose ...

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

And the risk of this happening increases with age (especially after 50 years), a compromised immune system (e.g. in HIV and ...

"People with diabetes are at a greater risk of severe complications from viral infections like shingles and RSV due to compromised immunity, which can be debilitating. A healthy lifestyle and ...

By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster ... a year of low-dose antivirals reduced episodes [of herpes simplex virus infections in the eye]. And so after I stopped being able to see [out of ...

more commonly known as shingles. The infection causes a painful rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which can cause ...

the virus becomes latent. The other common clinical manifestation of VZV infection is herpes zoster (shingles) (Figure 2). VZV becomes latent in dorsal root ganglia cells until reactivation ...

However, older adults may be due for other vaccines they can get at any time, such as the shingles vaccine ... "As people age ...