NALT

Preferred term

herpes zoster

Topic

An acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella-zoster virus (human herpesvirus 3) 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.

Varicella zoster virus infections

localized zoster
shingles disease
zoster (shingles)

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

96029

Spanish

herpes zóster

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/343571

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Created 9/25/20, last modified 10/29/20