varicella zoster virus

…which causes herpes simplex, or varicella-zoster virus (VZV; a type of herpesvirus), which causes shingles and chickenpox. Acyclovir was first discovered in the mid-1970s and is effective against active, replicating HSV or VZV.

…pseudorabies virus, equine herpesvirus, and varicella-zoster virus (the causative agent of chickenpox); Mardivirus, which contains Marek’s disease viruses types 1 and 2 of chickens and turkey herpesvirus; and Iltovirus, which contains gallid herpesvirus 1. The alphaherpesviruses are distinguished from viruses of the other subfamilies by their fast rate of

Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes herpes zoster (also called zoster, shingles, or zona), a localized eruption of large blisters. Chickenpox is the clinical reaction to a first exposure to the virus. Infection is preventable with vaccination (see List of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases).

…caused by reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (VZV), which is the same virus that causes varicella (chickenpox). Following varicella, which typically occurs in childhood, VZV lies dormant in certain sensory neurons. Later in life, likely owing to reduced or partial remaining immunity to VZV, latent virus is reactivated. When…

…infections in humans are the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox and herpes zoster (shingles); the Epstein-Barr virus, which causes infectious mononucleosis; the cytomegalovirus, which is most often associated with infections of newborn infants and immunocompromised people; and herpes simplex virus, which causes cold