RT @kettlefrogbsky: @lgoshen @danger_kittens @Alitis__ It's even better... the chickenpox virus stays latent in the body and can be reactiv…
@lgoshen @danger_kittens @Alitis__ It's even better... the chickenpox virus stays latent in the body and can be reactivated with age or when the immune system is suppressed. So people like me who had chicken pox as children due to this long-standing UK pol
2013... Primary infection causes... (chickenpox) ...virus becomes latent in ganglionic neurons along the entire neuraxis. With advancing age or immunosuppression, cell-mediated immunity to VZV declines and virus reactivates to cause zoster... https://t.co/
Complications of Varicella Zoster Virus Reactivation http://t.co/nsGVvTaoG6 #VZV #encephalitis #PHN #Shingles