Varicella is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an enveloped dsDNA ... ideally starting within 24 h of the development of a varicella rash. [32] Intravenous ACV is used for patients at ...

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

The zoster vaccine is effective, well tolerated, and recommended for routine administration by national guidelines; however, most older adults do not receive it. The main barrier to dissemination ...

One specific type of viral exanthem that dermatologists have seen with COVID is a morbilliform rash, meaning a measles-like ...

Chickenpox (varicella-zoster) is a highly contagious virus that causes flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash that turns into ...

She knew immediately what it was: shingles. At the time, in 2008, Cohen was director of the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. During her three decades there operating on ...

In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) ...

The virus spreads down a nerve pathway to cause a painful blistering rash in the skin area that the nerve wires. In about 8 percent of the more than 1 million new shingles cases in the United States ...

A pharmacist has issued a warning to the public about shingles, a common "dormant" condition that affects one in three adults at some point in their lives. Niamh McMillan, Superdrug's Pharmacy ...