How to Use varicella in a Sentence

varicella

noun

• It's caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same one behind chicken pox.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2017
• Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus, the varicella zoster virus.
  — NBC News, 10 June 2019
• Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox (varicella zoster virus).
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2018
• Chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus, varicella zoster.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2019
• It is caused when the varicella zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox — stays dormant in the body and reactivates years later.
  — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2017
• Shingles is caused by the same varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox.
  — Michelle Andrews, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018
• Shingles is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 17 July 2017
• Both varicella-zoster—the proper name for the chicken-pox virus—and the coronavirus are spread through the air, and both can be contagious before any symptoms are evident.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
• However, if your child is not vaccinated yet, varicella will appear as a red bump that will progress over the course of few hours into a vesicle that will then dry and form a crust.
  — Gabriela Moraru, M.d., miamiherald, 1 May 2018
• The varicella-zoster virus remains in the body long after chicken pox has passed and can later reactivate as shingles.
  — Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 June 2022
• Shingles is caused by a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
• About 3 million had received the chickenpox, or varicella, vaccine, and about 3 million had not.
  — NBC News, 10 June 2019
• These include a host of herpes viruses such as cytomegalovirus, a lifelong presence in 50 to 80 percent of U.S. adults; and the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chicken pox and shingles.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2021
• For some viruses, such as the varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox, immunity can last for decades.
  — Jill Neimark, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
• So there’s full paralysis on this side of my face The syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that occurs when the varicella-zoster virus infects a nerve in the head near the inner ear.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
• Shingles happens due to a varicella-zoster virus infection, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Mar. 2019
• Anyone who has had chickenpox — which these days means nearly everyone over 40 — harbors the varicella-zoster virus that causes the disease.
  — Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017
• Many vaccines, like flu vaccines, are refrigerated between two and eight degrees C. Only a couple have to be frozen to –20 C, such as [those for] varicella and zoster.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2020
• Last month, Justin was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a condition that occurs when a varicella-zoster virus infects a facial nerve.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 July 2022
• Shingles is a viral infection that’s caused by the varicella zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 26 Oct. 2017
• GlaxoSmithKline’s shingles vaccine contains a lone protein isolated from the shell of the varicella zoster virus.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2017
• Earlier this month, Justin told fans he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a condition that occurs when a varicella-zoster virus infects a facial nerve.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022
• Coaches should also worry about varicella zoster virus (chicken pox), measles and mumps — all which can be prevented by vaccinations.
  — Raising Austin, ajc, 25 Sep. 2017
• For anyone who had a bout of chickenpox (or varicella) as a child — and that means virtually every American now over the age of about 30 — the threat of shingles begins to escalate around the midcentury mark.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• Days prior to his announcement, on June 10, the pop singer revealed via an Instagram video that he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a condition that occurs when a varicella-zoster virus infects a nerve in the head.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Aug. 2022
• With some pathogens, such as the varicella-zoster virus (which causes chicken pox), infection confers near-universal, long-lasting resistance.
  — Stacey McKenna, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2020
• These findings suggest that exosomes may be a potential mechanism for how the varicella zoster virus increases stroke risk for shingles patients.
  — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2022
• After an infection, the varicella virus remains latent in nerve roots and can reactivate to cause shingles, which typically strikes decades later and can cause severe long-term nerve pain or vision loss.
  — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 11 June 2019
• Immunity to the varicella virus (aka, chickenpox)—either via acquiring the infection as a child or through a vaccine—can provide lifelong immunity or long-lasting protection for up to 10 to 20 years, according to the CDC.
  — Leah Groth, Health.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• Astronauts have had reactivations of Epstein-Barr and varicella-zoster viral infections—a function of a change in immune status.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 5 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024