Shingles

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Across
  1. 4. When a dormant virus like VZV becomes active again, causing shingles.
  2. 7. Damage to nerves often resulting in pain, which can occur after shingles.
  3. 10. Skin eruptions caused by the shingles virus.
Down
  1. 1. Coming into contact with a virus like VZV.
  2. 2. Forms on vesicles as shingles heals.
  3. 3. The body’s defense system against infections.
  4. 5. Type of precautions that need to be added to contact precautions for active shingles in an immunocompromised host.
  5. 6. A common antiviral drug used to treat shingles.
  6. 8. Abbreviation for the virus that causes shingles.
  7. 9. Red, inflamed skin symptom of shingles.
  8. 11. Mode of transmission where infection occurs through touch.
  9. 12. A reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus causing painful skin eruptions.