features of which include peripheral facial weakness and rash around the ear (zoster oticus). In many herpes zoster patients over the age of 60 years, pain—so-called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN ...

This population-based study investigated the risk of having had prior herpes zoster within five years preceding a diagnosis of head and neck cancer. We conducted a case-control study that included ...

In persons aged 50 years and over (i.e., 40% of the European population by 2020), HZ and its most common complication PHN cause significant morbidity and pain, reduced QoL and loss of dependency ...

There are 8 herpesvirus types currently known to infect humans, including Herpes simplex viruses, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and human ...

Shingles is an infection in which the herpes zoster virus resurfaces from a past chicken pox infection. It produces a painful rash on one side of the body, usually around the side of the abdomen.