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Herpes zooster is the virus that causes chicken pox and shingles. It doesn't affect the nerves but it can cause painfull blisters or sores on the skin.
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What viral infection is also known as shingles?
Varicella zoster virus which is a form of the herpes virusHerpes.Shingles.varicellaVaricellaVaricella.
Is herpes zoster infectious?
Herpes zoster is caused by varicella virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. If someone with herpes zoster lesions has skin-to-skin contact between those lesions and the skin of a person who has not had chicken pox or the vaccine, that person may get chicken pox.As it is caused by virus it is infectious diseas.
What type of herpes is related to chickenpox?
Herpes simplex type one is one virus in the herpesvirus family. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus, which is in the same virus family.
What is an acute infection caused by the virus that causes chickenpox?
Herpes Zoster, or shingles, is an acute infection caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.
What is the term that describes an eruption of vesicles following the course of a nerve caused by herpes zoster virus?
shingles
How does herpes zoster differ from varicella zoster virus?
When a person gets chickenpox, the rash will go away but the virus is still in the body and becomes dormant. If the virus becomes active again in the nerves, it is then called herpes zoster or shingles. This usually occurs when a person becomes older, but only in a small percentage of the population. Herpes simplex causes the cold sores or genital herpes.
Are Chickenpox an active or hidden virus?
Chicken Pox is the name of the infection caused by the "varicella zoster virus". After this infection seemingly ends, the varicella virus remains in a dormant condition in the nervous system for life. It can get "reactivated" and appear as "shingles/herpes zoster".
Viral infection known as shingles?
Shingles is caused by a virus called Herpes Zoster. It is basically the result of chicken pox that has been dormant for years. It emerges years later as shingles.
Is shingles and herpes are same?
Herpes is a family if viruses that cause different diseases. Herpes simplex I is associated with cold sores, herpes simplex II is associated with genital herpes (although those two can be reversed), CMV and EBV can cause mononucleosis and colds and congenital infections in babies as well as cancers, roseolovirus can cause roseola, human herpes virus 8 causes Kaposi's sarcoma and other cancers. The herpes varicella-zoster virus causes chicken pox (varicella). It lies dormant in nerve cells and years later it can reactivate to cause shingles (zoster). So shingles is one example of a herpes virus infection.
Why is the virus called shingles?
Shingles is not the name of the virus but the name of the rash. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is an infection of a nerve and the skin around it. It is caused by the varicella (chickenpox)-zoster (shingles) virus. Its' name is from the French and Latin meaning girdle or belt. The rash "follows" the nerves. These nerves come off of the spinal cord in a belt-like fashion.
What group is chickenpox in?
Chickenpox virus (varicella zoster virus) is in the herpes virus family.
Does varicella zoster virus cause chickenpox?
Yes, chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV). VZV is a virus in the herpes family.
