VZV causes chickenpox (varicella) and, on recurrence, causes herpes zoster, or shingles, Varicella is a mild, highly contagious disease, chiefly of children, characterized clinically by a generalized vesicular eruption of the skin and mucous...
The herpesviruses are an important group of large (DNA) viruses that includes important human viral pathogens, The outstanding property of herpesviruses is their ability to establish lifelong persistent infections in their hosts and to...
The immune response activation is faster and stronger in immunized individuals than in unimmunized ones. Immunization of a population can stop the spread of the infectious agent by reducing the number of susceptible hosts...
Acquired (adaptive or specific) immunity is a type of immunity that develops when a person’s immune system responds to a foreign substance or microorganism, or that occurs after a person receives antibodies from another...
