Infectious Disease80 Videos
Self-care- Chicken pox
Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis ●Infections caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection causes two distinct diseases. Primary infection with VZV results in varicella (chickenpox), characterized by vesicular lesions in different stages of development on the face, trunk, and extremities. Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, results from reactivation of latent VZV infection […]
Is There A Cure for Herpes?
Treatment of genital herpes simplex virus infection ●Causative agent – Genital herpes simplex is a common sexually transmitted virus infection that is found worldwide. Most of these genital infections are caused by herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), but herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) also produces a clinically similar disease, and the incidence of HSV-1 genital disease is […]
