"Herpes Zoster" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella-zoster virus (HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN) in those who have been rendered partially immune after a previous attack of CHICKENPOX. It involves the SENSORY GANGLIA and their areas of innervation and is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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D006562
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.930.750
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpes Zoster" by people in Profiles.
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Varicella-zoster and herpes simplex virus reactivation post-COVID-19 vaccination: a review of 40 cases in an International Dermatology Registry. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Jan; 36(1):e6-e9.
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Indurated plaque on the shoulder. Cutis. 2019 Mar; 103(3):144;147;148.
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Role of Marine Natural Products in the Genesis of Antiviral Agents. Chem Rev. 2015 Sep 23; 115(18):9655-706.
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The pathogenesis of herpes zoster duplex bilateralis symmetricus. Int J Dermatol. 2015 Mar; 54(3):e89-90.
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Disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster and immune thrombocytopenic purpura. J Cutan Med Surg. 2014 Oct; 18(5):298.
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Herpes zoster duplex bilateralis. Dermatol Online J. 2014 Mar 17; 20(3).
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Segmental zoster abdominal paresis/paralysis, zoster pseudohernia or zoster lumbar hernia? Hernia. 2014 Feb; 18(1):145-6.
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Segmental zoster abdominal paresis (zoster pseudohernia): a review of the literature. PM R. 2013 Sep; 5(9):786-90.
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Varicella-zoster virus-specific antibody responses in 50-59-year-old recipients of zoster vaccine. J Infect Dis. 2013 Nov 01; 208(9):1386-90.
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Gastrointestinal varicella zoster infection. Dissemination or reactivation of a latent virus in the gut? Endoscopy. 2013 Aug; 45(8):678.