Susan Allen
Abstract
The varicella zoster (VZ) virus is highly infectious and causes the common childhood infection chickenpox (varicella). After recovery from a primary chickenpox infection the virus lays dormant in the sensory nervous system to reemerge as shingles (herpes zoster) in 20 per cent of adults over the age of 60 years.
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The varicella zoster (VZ) virus is highly infectious and causes the common childhood infection chickenpox (varicella). After recovery from a primary chickenpox infection the virus lays dormant in the sensory nervous system to reemerge as shingles (herpes zoster) in 20 per cent of adults over the age of 60 years.
Key concepts: Chickenpox, Shingles, Medicine, Virology, Virus, Varicella zoster virus