The varicella-zoster virus spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact with the fluid that oozes from the blisters. While shingles are rarely spread by breathing in the varicella-zoster virus the ...

Once the virus is reactivated it does not cause typical chickenpox but instead causes a rash which tracks along the same area of skin supplied by one of the nerve roots in her spinal cord.

They both have "pox" in their names because they cause pockmark skin lesions. But mpox is caused by a virus similar to ...