Varicella Zoster Virus causes which conditions?

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Varicella Zoster Virus causes which conditions?

Explanation:
Varicella Zoster virus causes two related conditions: varicella (chickenpox) as the initial infection and herpes zoster (shingles) when the virus reactivates later in life. After the first infection, the virus becomes latent in dorsal root ganglia and can reactivate along a sensory nerve to the skin, producing a painful, vesicular rash in a limited dermatomal distribution. This dual presentation—chickenpox first, then shingles upon reactivation—is characteristic of this virus. The other conditions listed are caused by different pathogens: measles and mumps by measles/mumps viruses, polio by poliovirus, and rabies by the rabies virus.

Varicella Zoster virus causes two related conditions: varicella (chickenpox) as the initial infection and herpes zoster (shingles) when the virus reactivates later in life. After the first infection, the virus becomes latent in dorsal root ganglia and can reactivate along a sensory nerve to the skin, producing a painful, vesicular rash in a limited dermatomal distribution. This dual presentation—chickenpox first, then shingles upon reactivation—is characteristic of this virus. The other conditions listed are caused by different pathogens: measles and mumps by measles/mumps viruses, polio by poliovirus, and rabies by the rabies virus.

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