What disease results from a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that demonstrates a vesicular eruption in a unilateral dermatomal distribution?

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Varicella-zoster virus is a herpesvirus that exhibits, like other members of the family Herpesviridae, lifelong latency in the human host.With reactivation, the virions move along peripheral sensory nerves of the skin, leading to the appearance of a vesicular eruption in a unilateral dermatomal distribution.The resulting condition is called herpes zoster or shingles.

What Disease Results from a Reactivation of the Varicella-Zoster Virus