#varicellazoster — Public Fediverse posts
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Can you catch shingles? A GP explains what people get wrong about this common virus
#TheConversation #Health #Shingles #ChickenPox #VaricellaZoster
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More than half of #chickenpox #diagnoses are wrong, study finds
#PublicHealth researchers in Minnesota found that 55% of people diagnosed with chickenpox based on their symptoms were actually negative for the #varicellazoster #virus, the virus that causes chickenpox. Lab testing showed that some of the #patients were actually infected with an #enterovirus, which can cause a rash, or the #herpessimplex virus 1, which causes cold sores.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/more-than-half-of-chickenpox-diagnoses-are-wrong-study-finds/