Herpes zoster
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; L. Katie Morrison, MD; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Causes
Differentiating Herpes zoster from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment
Medical Therapy | Primary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
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External Links
- The National Eye Institute (NEI)
- Center for Disease Control on Varicella
- Center for Disease Control on Chickenpox
- Center for Disease Control on Varicella
- Center for Disease Control on Varicella
- Center for Disease Control on Varicella
- Center for Disease Control on Shingles
Viral diseases (A80-B34, 042-079) | |
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| Viral infections of the CNS | Poliomyelitis (Post-polio syndrome) - Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy - Rabies - Encephalitis lethargica - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis - Tick-borne meningoencephalitis - Tropical spastic paraparesis |
| Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers | Mosquito (Dengue fever - Chikungunya - Rift Valley fever - Yellow fever - O'nyong'nyong - West Nile - Japanese Encephalitis - St. Louis Encephalitis - Murray Valley encephalitis - Ross River) Tick (Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever - Omsk hemorrhagic fever - Kyasanur forest disease - Alkurma - Powassan) |
| Zoonotic viruses (Vector) | Menangle - Nipah - BDV Rat (Lassa fever - Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever - Junin - Argentine hemorrhagic fever - Bolivian hemorrhagic fever - Puumala - Andes - Sin Nombre - Haantan) Bat (Australian bat lyssavirus - Ebola - Marburg hemorrhagic fever - Mokola - Duvenhage) |
| Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions | Herpes simplex - Chickenpox - Herpes zoster - Smallpox - Monkeypox - Measles - Rubella - Plantar wart - Cowpox - Vaccinia - Molluscum contagiosum - Roseola - Fifth disease - Hand, foot and mouth disease - Foot-and-mouth disease - KSHV |
| Viral hepatitis | Hepatitis A - Hepatitis B - Hepatitis C - Hepatitis D - Hepatitis E - Hepatitis G |
| Viral infections of the respiratory system | Avian influenza - Acute viral nasopharyngitis - Infectious mononucleosis - Influenza - Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Viral pneumonia - Human parainfluenza viruses - RSV - hMPV |
| Sexually transmitted | HIV (AIDS, AIDS dementia complex) - Genital warts - Adult T-cell leukemia |
| Viral gastroenteritis | Rotavirus - Norovirus - Astrovirus - Coronavirus - Adenovirus |
| Viruses and cancers | HTLV (induces leukemia) - VSV (oncolytic) |
| Other viral diseases | Cytomegalovirus - Mumps - Bornholm disease |
Varicella zoster | |
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| Infections | Chickenpox - Herpes zoster - Postherpetic neuralgia |
| Other | Varicella zoster virus - Varicella vaccine - Zostavax - Pox party |
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