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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. infectious diseases
  3. viral diseases of animals and humans
  4. Herpesviridae infections
  5. Varicella zoster virus infections
  6. herpes zoster
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. infectious diseases
  3. viral diseases of animals and humans
  4. Herpesviridae infections
  5. Varicella zoster virus infections
  6. herpes zoster

Preferred term

herpes zoster

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • localized zoster
  • shingles disease
  • zoster (shingles)

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URI

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

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