varicella zoster

Chickenpox is an infection with a virus known as varicella zoster.

So why, in the hospital, are we so paranoid about varicella zoster, to use the medical term?

It is caused by the varicella zoster virus.

It is related to but different from the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles.

Chronic varicella zoster in a child infected with human immunodeficiency virus: case report and review of the literature.

A different herpes virus (called varicella zoster) causes chickenpox and shingles.

Shingles itself comes from reactivation of a chickenpox virus, varicella zoster.

To the Editor: Infection with varicella zoster virus is a lot more than chicken pox.

Shingles is a painful nerve condition linked to the chickenpox virus, varicella zoster.

Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus.

The exact causes are not known, but varicella zoster virus is frequently implicated, and other herpesviruses can be involved.

Because you can't get shingles unless you've already had chickenpox, the disease itself isn't contagious; however, the varicella zoster virus is.

Varicella zoster as a manifestation of immune restoration disease in HIV-infected children.

Complications of varicella zoster virus reactivation in HIV-infected homosexual men.

Varicella zoster virus.

Acyclovir is the drug of choice in the treatment of herpes simplex or varicella zoster viral infection.

Augmenting immune responses to varicella zoster virus in older adults: A randomized, controlled trial of tai chi.

It's caused by the chickenpox (varicella zoster) virus, which can lie dormant within the nerves and reactivate as shingles.

See, for example, varicella zoster virus, which in an individual causes first chickenpox, then shingles (herpes zoster).

Jojoba alcohol has shown efficacy against cold sores, genital herpes, and varicella zoster virus (shingles).

Varivax (varicella zoster vaccine)

Another, more rare, example is the varicella zoster virus, which, although causing relatively mild infections in humans, can be fatal to the foetus and newborn baby.

Also, natural infection with varicella zoster virus has been found to stimulate tonsillar lymphocytes better than lymphocytes from peripheral blood.

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) has a high level of infectivity and has a worldwide prevalence.

The characteristic skin lesions of a varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection are called chickenpox.