After the primary infection, it persists dormant in sensory nerve ganglia: it can be reactivated many decades later to
cause zoster.
There is no consensus on how
acute herpes zoster
( shingles ) should be managed in general practice.
Zoster ophthalmicus
carries a child ( figure 6 ).
In rare cases, an unborn child exposed to
varicella zoster
can be damaged or may be miscarried.
Someone with exposed lesions ( e.g.
ophthalmic zoster
).
Zoster virus
which also causes chicken pox.
Patients taking systemic steroids, who have not had chicken pox, should avoid close personal contact with chicken pox or
herpes zoster.
Zoster infection.
Shingles a painful skin rash due to the
virus herpes zoster.
Zoster immunoglobulin
( vzig ) in non-immune patients if exposed to chickenpox or shingles.
Zoster eruption.
Zoster virus vaccine.
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