Chickenpox and shingles infection

The Very Rare Concurrency of Herpes Zoster and Varicella in a 4-Year-Old Boy

      Varicella is a common and worldwide disease in childhood. It causes primary (chickenpox) and latent infection that may lead to a reactivation disease called zoster (shingles). Zoster or shingles is caused by reactivation of the virus that has been latent in the spinal dorsal ganglion and may occur even in immunocompetent hosts. Although zoster is rare in children, it ma...

Shingles and Shingles Vaccination

Shingles is caused by the human herpesvirus-3 (HHV-3). Primary infection usually occurs in childhood, producing chickenpox (varicella) although it can be subclinical. After this the virus lies dormant in the sensory nervous system in the geniculate, trigeminal or dorsal root ganglia. It may lie dormant for many years or many decades, kept in check by the immune system before flaring up in a sin...

Surveillance of viral pathogens in Australia

Varicella-zoster virus causes two distinct clinical diseases. Primary infection causes varicella or chickenpox in children and reactivation of infection causes herpes zoster (shingles) mostly among the elderly. The virus is a member of the herpesvirus family, restricted in its infective range to humans. Although chickenpox and shingles have been recognised for centuries, changes in population d...

HERPES ZOSTER SURVEILLANCE USING ELECTRONIC DATABASES IN THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY, SPAIN BACKGROUND Herpes Zoster (HZ; Shingles) results from reactivation of Varicella-Zoster Virus that has been latent in the spinal and cranial sensory ganglia after primary infection with varicella

A Case of Concurrent Acute Viral Myocarditis and Intussusceptions in a 3-Year-Old Child

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a herpesvirus that causes two clinically distinct forms of disease, varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). Primary VZV infection results in characteristic diffuse vesicular rash of chickenpox. Although vaccination substantially attenuates disease manifestations, significant complications such as secondary soft tissue infection, encephalitis, and pne...