How to Use herpes zoster in a Sentence

herpes zoster

noun

• The good news is that there is a vaccine that can reduce your risk of getting any type of herpes zoster.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 June 2022
• Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful, itchy rash that develops on one side of the body and can last for two to four weeks.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
• So the confusion seems to be coming from the name of this condition: shingles, aka herpes zoster.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 21 Apr. 2021
• Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is caused by the recurrence of the chickenpox virus after years or decades of the virus being dormant.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021
• Shingles, also called zoster or herpes zoster, is a viral infection that affects the nerves.
  — Health.com, 1 May 2017
• For around a third of these people, this same virus will reactivate years later and cause shingles, also called herpes zoster.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2022
• Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral infection that causes a very painful rash.
  — Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF, 15 July 2022
• Shingles is an exquisitely painful herpesvirus illness (herpes zoster virus, to be specific) that leads to pain along a nerve in a dermatome, followed by painful sores and blisters.
  — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• The varicella zoster vaccine, marketed under the name Zostavax, has been shown to lower the risk of developing herpes zoster (also known as shingles) by more than half.
  — Health.com, 1 May 2017
• About one out of every three people in the U.S. contacts this dangerous viral infection, also called herpes zoster.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2017
• The virus that causes chicken pox stays dormant in the body until something triggers it, returning in form of herpes zoster (Ramsay Hunt), which can inflame different nerves in the abdomen, back and face.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 10 June 2022
• Six women between the ages of 36 to 61 with stable rheumatic diseases developed herpes zoster (or HZ) infection.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
• Giardina pointed to the shingles, or herpes zoster, virus as an example of why optometrists are well suited to give vaccines.
  — Rachel Bluth, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2020
• Varicella-zoster virus, which causes herpes zoster and chickenpox in children, does not cause genital herpes or cold sores.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
• Anyone who has had chickenpox is vulnerable to getting it — the herpes zoster virus causes both shingles and chickenpox.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2017
• For instance, the varicella-zoster virus can cause chickenpox in children, go dormant and then reactivate as herpes zoster, or shingles, which causes painful rashes in adults.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020
• But in very rare cases, the live, weakened virus used in the vaccine can reactivate as herpes zoster, or shingles, similar to what can happen to people who have been infected with chickenpox.
  — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
• Even among vaccinated children, the authors point out that herpes zoster has frequently been due to acquiring the virus from another infected person, not the vaccine.
  — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
• Perhaps the best example of this is chickenpox, which although seemingly eradicated by the immune system can reactivate and cause herpes zoster decades later.
  — William Petri, The Conversation, 31 July 2020
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome, also known as herpes zoster oticus, is a rare neurological disorder that is characterized by facial weakness or paralysis and a rash impacting the ear or mouth.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 3 Mar. 2023
• According to the article published this morning, scientists in Israel allegedly identified six cases of patients developing a skin rash known as herpes zoster, also known as shingles, after receiving the Pfizer vaccine.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024