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Disease Information for Herpes Zoster (Clinical Manifestations)

Synonyms:

Chickenpox Virus, Chickenpox Viruses, Herpes zoster, Herpes zoster Virus, Herpes zoster Viruses, Herpesvirus 3 (alpha) Human, HERPESVIRUS 3 ALPHA HUMAN, Herpesvirus 3 Human, HERPESVIRUS HUMAN 03, Herpesvirus varicellae, HHV 3, Human (alpha) herpes virus 3, Human alphaherpesvirus 3, HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 03, Human herpesvirus 3, Human herpesvirus 3 (organism), HZ Herpes zoster, HZ Herpes zoster virus, Ocular Herpes zoster Virus, VARICELLA, Varicella virus, Varicella Zoster Virus, varicella zoster virus VZV, Varicella Zoster Viruses, VZ Virus, VZ Viruses, VZV, VZV Varicella zoster virus

An acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella-zoster virus (HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN) in those who have been rendered partially immune after a previous attack of chickenpox. It involves the sensory ganglia and their areas of innervation and is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area. (From Dorland, 27th ed)----------------------

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