A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

HSV and varicella zoster virus (VZV) are common pathogens of skin ... Furthermore, the strong synergy between HSV-2 and HIV transmission and the increasing rate of HSV- and VZV-related ...

Anyone who has had chickenpox has the varicella-zoster virus in their body ... The most common symptoms of shingles are: Transmission of shingles You can't pass shingles directly to another ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox, per the CDC.

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a skin rash that causes blisters across one side of the body. The same virus that causes chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus, causes shingles. Disseminated ...

A vaccine for shingles could protect against dementia according to a new study that took advantage of a quirk in Wales' ...

We administered live attenuated varicella vaccine to 187 healthy adults seronegative to varicella-zoster virus (VZV); 176 have been followed at least 2 mos. 121/176 (69%) received 2 doses about 3 ...

The Ministry of Health and Human Services is actively monitoring reports of students exhibiting symptoms of vomiting and ...

Major research interests include the following: Pediatric HIV infection - pathogenesis, drug resistance, breast milk transmission ... respiratory syncytial virus, and Varicella-Zoster virus In ...

differentiation between acute and recurrent infections and type-specific identification of herpes virus infections. As gold standard methods, tube and shell via viral cultures are still applied in ...