A common dermal and neurologic disorder caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that has remained dormant within dorsal root ganglia, often for decades, after the patient's initial exposure to the virus in the form of varicella (chickenpox). It is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area. [ NCIT:C71079 ]
Synonyms: herpes zona herpes Zoster Zoster shingles
Term information
- NCIT:C71079 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D006562 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:053 (EFO:0006510)
- EFO:0006510 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD10CM:B02 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:42437 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:4740000 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0019360 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:8536 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
otar
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/4740000
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8536
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0019360
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C71079
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D006562
http://identifiers.org/medgen/42437
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/ICD10CM/B02
Term relations
- infectious disease and disease caused by reactivation of latent infectious agent some Human alphaherpesvirus 3
- varicella zoster infection
- skin disorder caused by infection
- disease arising from reactivation of latent virus
- post-viral disorder
- vesiculobullous skin disease
- disease arises from feature some varicella zoster infection
- disease has feature some Paresthesia
- disease caused by reactivation of latent infectious agent some Human alphaherpesvirus 3
- disease has infectious agent some Human alphaherpesvirus 3