Open AccessSudden, Intense, Unexpected and Negative Emotions are a Reactivation Factor of Herpes Zoster
Author(s) -
Patricia Lago-López,
María José Parrado-Alonso,
Beatriz Villar-Fernández,
Teresa Isabel Calheiros-Cruz,
Joana Ruibal-Azevedo,
Lago Xoán Antón Ricoy,
Jorge F Cameselle-Teijeiro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical cases and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-0435
DOI - 10.46619/joccr.2019.2-1032
Subject(s) - virology , medicine , varicella zoster virus , disease , virus , dermatology , pathology
Herpes zoster is caused by a reactivation of residual varicella zoster virus (VZV) which remains latent in the nerve ganglia, after primary chicken pox. Zoster or girdle refers to occurrence of the disease in a segmental distribution.