Varicella-zoster Virus Definition

Varicella-zoster Virus Sentence Examples

• Prevention Chickenpox is now a vaccine preventable disease with the advent of a live attenuated varicella zoster virus vaccine.

• A positive smear cannot distinguish between varicella zoster virus and HSV-1, and a negative smear does not rule out HSV infection.

• A sample of the varicella zoster virus was isolated from the blood of a three-year-old Japanese boy in 1972.

• Although children who have had chickenpox are immune to the disease and cannot contract it a second time, the varicella zoster virus can remain inactive in the human body.