| a seroepidemiologic survey of the prevalence of varicella-zoster virus in the pediatric population in two university hospitals in brazil. | varicella-zoster virus (vzv) is an alpha-herpesvirus causing varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). varicella results from primary vzv infection, and is a common childhood illness associated with fever and a generalized, pruritic, vesicular eruption. herpes zoster is caused by vzv reactivation later in life (most cases after the fifth decade), and is characterized by a localized, painful, and vesicular eruption involving one or adjacent dermatomes. the incidence of herpes zoster in ... | 2003 | 12653913 |