What Is Shingles?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
2. Causes of Shingles
As mentioned earlier, VZV is the cause of chickenpox and shingles. After the full recovery from chickenpox, the virus stays dormant in one of the ganglions of the peripheral nervous system.
Shingles is also called herpes zoster, and VZV is one of the so-called herpes zoster viruses. Herpes viruses lie dormant in the nervous system where they can remain inactive for a long time until a trigger causes reactivation.
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