Varicella-zoster spreads through direct contact and inhalation. If you are around a person who has chickenpox, you could catch the virus by touching their rash or breathing in the same air.

Varicella is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an enveloped dsDNA virus responsible for varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). VZV is one of eight herpesviruses known to infect ...

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It was replaced by Shingrix, a recombinant vaccine that uses a protein from the varicella-zoster virus to activate the body’s immune system to recognize and fight the virus.

In some instances, the virus can reactivate, leading to the development of shingles. Dr Burke highlighted the main symptoms of shingles to watch out for, other than the red rash that forms on the skin ...

Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), responsible for chickenpox Depositphotos By 2020, one in eight participants – by then aged 86 and 87 – had been ...

The infection occurs when the varicella-zoster virus, which is responsible for the common childhood illness chickenpox, gets reactivated in the body.