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A zoster vaccine is a vaccine that reduces the incidence of herpes zoster (shingles), a disease caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, which is also responsible for chickenpox. [8] Shingles provokes a painful rash with blisters, and can be followed by chronic pain ( postherpetic neuralgia ), as well as other complications.
Shingles is a re-activation of latent VZV infection: zoster can only occur in someone who has previously had chickenpox (varicella). Shingles has no relationship to season and does not occur in epidemics. There is, however, a strong relationship with increasing age.
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is neuropathic pain that occurs due to damage to a peripheral nerve caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (herpes zoster, also known as shingles). PHN is defined as pain in a dermatomal distribution that lasts for at least 90 days after an outbreak of herpes zoster. [ 1 ]
In vitro test: Elek's gel precipitation test, PCR, ELISA, ICA; Clinical criteria URT illness with sore throat; Low-grade fever; An adherent, dense, grey pseudomembrane covering the posterior aspect of the pharynx; Metronidazole, Erythromycin, Procaine penicillin G: Yes: Diphyllobothrium: Diphyllobothriasis: No Dracunculus medinensis ...
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