ID#: 5409
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This photograph depicted a close view of a patient’s skin surface, revealing the presence of a pustular-vesicular rash, which was attributed to a generalized herpes zoster outbreak, due to the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as Human herpesvirus 3 (HHV-3). The VZV pathogen may lay dormant in the spinal nerve roots through a chickenpox-infected individual’s life, only manifesting its presence through outbreaks, like the one seen here, as shingles. See 5407 for another view of this patient’s condition.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Joe Miller
Creation Date: 1975
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.