KROK 1 2015 – Question 199 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A 50-year-old woman is being treated for shingles in a neurology unit. What reactivated virus causes this disease?
- A. Herpes simplex virus type 2
- B. Varicella zoster virus (chickenpox virus)
- C. Cytomegalovirus
- D. Measles virus
- E. Herpes simplex virus type 1
Hint
Shingles is a reactivation, so think about which primary infection earlier in life leaves a latent herpesvirus behind in sensory ganglia.
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