Maternal varicella during the first two trimesters of pregnancy may cause the congenital varicella syndrome (CVS). After infection in the first 20 weeks' gestation, the incidence is estimated to ...

VZV is one of eight herpesviruses known to infect humans, and is associated with vesicular lesions, infection of neuronal tissue and latent infection of dorsal root ganglia.

In March 2025, the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) advised that clade I mpox no longer meets the criteria for a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) and recommended derogation.

INTRODUCTION: Some viruses of the Herpesviridae family are frequently the etiologic agents of oral lesions associated with HIV. The aim of this study was to identify the presence of herpes simplex ...

Published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, the study shows that the new molecule—called POM-L-BHDU—can effectively treat shingles lesions and may also work against herpes simplex viruses ...

New knowledge regarding the infectiousness and less frequent clinical manifestations of the varicella zoster virus should have consequences for infection prevention and control, clinical diagnostics ...

Why It Happens Shingles is caused by a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that results in chickenpox. After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus might travel into nerve ...

Laboratory Diagnosis of HSV and Varicella Zoster Virus Infections Feinan Fan; Stephen Day; Xuedong Lu; Yi-Wei Tang Disclosures Future Virology. 2014;9 (8):721-731. Future Perspective ...

Multiple myeloma causes lytic or osteolytic lesions, which are areas of damage caused by cancerous plasma cells blocking normal bone growth. While painful, they can be managed. Multiple myeloma is ...

AI tool detects brain lesions linked to epilepsy Project leads Dr Konrad Wagstyl, Dr Sophie Adler and Dr Mathilde Ripart, working on the MELD AI algorithm at King's College London.

Pimples and other lesions can form when hair follicles become clogged with oil or dead skin cells. Some people with ulcerative colitis struggle with acne due to inflammation, or as a side effect ...