chickenpox virus
Causes itchy spots
The chickenpox virus, formally varicella-zoster virus, causes chickenpox in its initial infection—typically a childhood illness marked by itchy blisters and fever.
The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue and can reactivate decades later as shingles, a painful rash affecting older adults or those with weakened immune systems.
She was exposed to the chickenpox virus at daycare.
- varicellaBlister-causing viral infection
- shinglesOverlapping roof cladding
- herpes zosterViral nerve inflammation with rash
- blistersRaised fluid-filled skin
- itchyProvoking scratching urges
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- herpesvirusesHSV-1
- Herpes Virusesherpes, herpesvirus, cold sore, cold sores, genital herpes
- Respiratory Virusesinfluenza, RSV, coronavirus, rhinovirus, parainfluenza
chickenpox virusbacteria
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
streptococcus · staphylococcus · E. coli · prion · bacterium
chickenpox virusimmunity
Protected from harm
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