Viral Infections
Summary
- Epidemiology
- VZV causes an array of clinical syndromes, including varicella (chickenpox), herpes zoster (shingles) with localized or disseminated skin involvement, postinfectious vasculitis, and visceral disease
- Shingles may present as one of the first clinical evidences of HIV infection, and for this reason, many experts recommend HIV-1 testing for any young to middle-aged individual presenting with shingles[MMWR 2009; Hung 2005]
- Patients with HIV have a higher incidence of herpes zoster and are at increased risk for disseminated disease[Buchbinder 1992; Rogues 1993]
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Keywords: Varicella Zoster Virus