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

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

Zero shingles cases after 18.8 months follow-up in 619 patients receiving any dose of amezosvatein, a development-stage adjuvanted subunit vaccine -- Ten shingles cases would have been expected absent ...

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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 lies dormant after ...

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 lies dormant after ...

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 ...

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 ...