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Shingles Information for the Public

Shingles (also called herpes zoster, or just zoster) is a painful skin rash, usually with blisters. In addition to the rash,

Shingles is a painful rash illness. People get shingles when the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox, reactivates in their bodies after they have already had chickenpox.