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Antiviral: A substance that can kill a virus or that suppresses its ability to replicate and therefore, inhibits its capability to multiply and reproduce.

Chickenpox: A viral disease also known as varicella. Symptoms are a blister like rash, itching, fever and fatigue. Typically the rash starts on the face and can spread over the entire body. Highly infectious. Typically a child hood disease but adults can also contract it if they have not been exposed to the virus before and have no immunity. Adult chicken pox can be far more painful.

Genital: Concerning the external and internal organs of reproduction in both male and females.

Herpes: Eight members of the herpes virus cause a variety of conditions including cold sores, chickenpox, shingles or herpes zoster (VZV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV).

Herpes zoster: Also called shingles, zona, and zoster. The culprit is the varicella-zoster virus. Primary infection with this virus causes chickenpox (varicella). At this time the virus infects nerves (namely, the dorsal root ganglia) where it remains latent (lies low) for years. It can then be reactivated to cause shingles with blisters over the distribution of the affected nerve accompanied by often intense pain and itching.