Sign in
|
English
|
Terms of Use
Dictionary
Forum
Contacts
English
⇄
Arabic
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
G
o
o
g
l
e
|
Forvo
|
+
herpes zoster
['hɜ:pi:z'zɔstə]
med.
A type of herpesvirus that causes chicken pox. After initial infection with varicella zoster virus
VZV
, the inactive
latent
form of the virus can remain in the body. If the latent virus becomes active again, it can cause shingles.
see also
herpesviruses
,
opportunistic infection
,
shingles
Add
|
Report an error
|
Get short URL
|
Language Selection Tips