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Vol 277 No 7422 p453-456
14 October 2006

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Continuing professional development

Chickenpox and shingles infection

In this article, Susan Allen looks at varicella zoster infection, its management and precautions for susceptible individuals

Continuing professional development articles

Susan Allen, PgD(Comm), MRPharms, is a freelance pharmaceutical writer and copy writer from Market Harborough, Leceistershire

SUMMARY

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 re-emerge as shingles (herpes zoster) in 20 per cent of adults over the age of 60 years.

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