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.

The virus that commonly causes cold sores starts reshaping our genome within an hour of infection to boost its own growth, which scientists could take advantage of to treat severe cases.

Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Scientists determined whether or not participants received a live zoster vaccine for shingles, which contains a weakened form of the varicella-zoster virus.

The vaccination directly lowered dementia risk by reducing reactivation of the dormant varicella virus, thereby preventing neuroinflammation and neurotoxicity. Vaccination indirectly conferred ...

Shingles (herpes zoster) is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox, which lays dormant in nerve cells for life, leading to a very painful, blistering rash.

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Virus isolations were attempted from multiple sources at various times during the illness of patients with herpes zoster and varicella; the isolation of virus was correlated with the development ...

Study findings spotlight a highly potent source of Ebola virus shedding with the potential for person-to-person transmission.

Both monkeypox and chickenpox are viral illnesses, but they have quite different symptoms, aetiology, transmission, and ...

Commonly referred to as shingles, herpes zoster occurs when the neurotrophic varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox, gets reactivated.

Researchers detail a rare case of vaccine-associated varicella zoster virus infection that prompted a query to better understand the prevalence of V-A VZV in adults.