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Herpes Zoster, 19th Century

Lithograph from Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra's Atlas, part 6, plate 7, showing a bald man, his head slightly bent down, with herpes zoster (shingles) on face and pate. Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles and also known as zona, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox which generally occurs in children and young people. Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but can go on to cause shingles, an illness with very different symptoms, often many years after the initial infection. Herpes zoster is not the same disease as herpes simplex despite the name similarity (both the varicella zoster virus and herpes simplex virus belong to the same viral subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae).
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Herpes Zoster, 19th Century
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Lithograph from Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra's Atlas, part 6, plate 7, showing a bald man, his head slightly bent down, with herpes zoster (shingles) on face and pate. Herpes zoster (or simply zoster), commonly known as shingles and also known as zona, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe. The initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes the acute (short-lived) illness chickenpox which generally occurs in children and young people. Once an episode of chickenpox has resolved, the virus is not eliminated from the body but can go on to cause shingles, an illness with very different symptoms, often many years after the initial infection. Herpes zoster is not the same disease as herpes simplex despite the name similarity (both the varicella zoster virus and herpes simplex virus belong to the same viral subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae).
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3351 x 4200 px | 40.3 MB
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28.4 x 35.6 cm | 11.2 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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