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 ...

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

People who get chickenpox at a young age are susceptible to shingles. The highly contagious illness, caused by the varicella-zoster virus, remains dormant in the nervous system for years, where it can ...

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SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curevo Vaccine (Curevo), a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccines with ...

Varicella is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an enveloped dsDNA virus responsible for varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). VZV is one of eight herpesviruses known to infect ...

Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit ...

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

About shingles 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 ...