Shingles (herpes zoster) is a condition that arises as a result of the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV) following a previous chickenpox infection. The re-activated virus then infects the region of the skin that is supplied by the nerve it’s been inhabiting resulting in a pa...
Historically, HSV-1 has been the primary cause of oral herpes and herpes simplex keratitis, whereas HSV-2 has primarily been associated with genital herpes.41However, more recently there has been a significant increase in the number of HSV-1 infections that cause genital herpes, with clinical tr...