shingles virus
Chickenpox's dormant sequel
The shingles virus is varicella-zoster, the same pathogen that causes chickenpox.
After initial infection, the virus lies dormant in nerve tissue and can reactivate decades later as shingles—a painful rash of blisters along a nerve pathway.
My grandmother developed the shingles virus in her seventies.
The condition primarily affects older adults and those with weakened immune systems.
- herpesChronic blister-causing virus
- zosterReactivated chickenpox virus rash
- cold soresHerpes simplex lesions
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- skin rashIrritated skin condition
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