Zoster Sentence Examples

This form of neuralgia is occasionally the precursor of an attack of shingles (Herpes zoster) as well as a result of it.

Conjunctivitis may be caused by a viral infection, such as a cold; acute respiratory infection; or other disease such as measles, herpes simplex, or herpes zoster.

Shingles A painful skin rash due to the virus herpes zoster.

Herpes zoster virus-Acute inflammatory virus that attacks the nerve cells on the root of each spinal nerve with skin eruptions along a sensory nerve ending.

It has been conclusively proven that another herpes virus-varicella zoster virus (VZV), the cause of both chickenpox and shingles-is the culprit for Ramsey-Hunt syndrome.

The result is shingles (also called herpes zoster), a painful nerve inflammation, accompanied by a rash that usually affects the trunk or the face for ten days or more.

As of 2004, two relatively newer drugs for treatment of shingles are valacyclovir (Valtrex) and famciclovir (Famvir), both of which stop the replication of herpes zoster when administered within 72 hours of appearance of the rash.

Chickenpox vaccine or varicella zoster vaccine (VZV) is an injection that protects children from contracting chickenpox (varicella), one of the most common childhood diseases.

Although children who have had chickenpox are immune to the disease and cannot contract it a second time, the varicella zoster virus can remain inactive in the human body.

There is no consensus on how acute herpes zoster (shingles) should be managed in general practice.

Click here for answer This is shingles caused by the herpes zoster virus which also causes chicken pox.

In rare cases, an unborn child exposed to varicella zoster can be damaged or may be miscarried.

Patients taking systemic steroids, who have not had chicken pox, should avoid close personal contact with chicken pox or herpes zoster.

Passive immunization should be carried out using Varicella zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) in non-immune patients if exposed to chickenpox or shingles.

Incidence The incidence of PHN is between 9 and 14% one month after the herpes zoster eruption.

Prevention Chickenpox is now a vaccine preventable disease with the advent of a live attenuated varicella zoster virus vaccine.

A positive smear cannot distinguish between varicella zoster virus and HSV-1, and a negative smear does not rule out HSV infection.

Herpes virus-A family of viruses including herpes simplex types 1 and 2, and herpes zoster (also called varicella zoster).

Acyclovir (Zovirax), used for treatment of diseases caused by the erpes simplex virus and herpes zoster virus.

Valacyclovir (Valtrex), used for treatment of diseases caused by the herpes simplex virus and herpes zoster virus.

Herpesvirus-A family of viruses including herpes simplex types 1 and 2, and herpes zoster (also called varicella zoster).

Shingles-An disease caused by an infection with the Herpes zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox.

Varivax-The brand name for varicella virus vaccine live, an immunizing agent used to prevent infection by the Herpes (Varicella) zoster virus.

A sample of the varicella zoster virus was isolated from the blood of a three-year-old Japanese boy in 1972.

However unlike other weakened viruses, varicella zoster remains in the cell rather than being secreted from the cell and collected from the culture medium.

These dormant viruses are concentrated in nerve cells near the spinal cord and may reactivate in adults, causing the disease herpes zoster or shingles.

In 1998 the CDC found 2.6 cases of post-vaccination herpes zoster for every 100,000 distributed doses of VZV.

In contrast there were 68 cases of herpes zoster in healthy children under age 20, following natural infection with varicella.

At the extremity of Hymettus, where it projects into the Saronic Gulf, was the promontory of Zoster ("the Girdle"), which was so called because it girdles and protects the neighbouring harbour; but in consequence of the name, a legend was attached to it, to the effect that Latona had loosed her girdle there.

The findings implied benefits for herd immunity from natural infection against herpes zoster in adults.