herpes
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The vaccine protects against herpes zoster, a condition that causes a painful rash and can sometimes lead to long-lasting nerve pain.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Additionally, the Safari Park has done extensive examination into the endotheliotropic herpes virus.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
These shoot a virus such as herpes into tumors, causing them to self-destruct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
In Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2020, as in other military towns across the U.S., rates of sexually transmitted infections like syphilis, herpes simplex and HIV are among the highest in the country.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
A less common but very remarkable variety of intercostal neuralgia than that just mentioned, is the kind of pain which attends a good many cases of herpes zoster, or shingles.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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