Question

The Davises were excited about their newborn twin boys and couldn’t wait to take them to see Mr. Davis’s father. Grandfather Davis was excited to see his first grandsons as well and thought their visit might help take his mind off the pain of his shingles, which had suddenly appeared only days before. Which virus is responsible for Grandfather Davis’s shingles?

Answer 1

Answer:

Varicella-zoster virus

Explanation:

This type of virus is the one that is responsible for getting chickenpox, which are also called varicella and shingles. There is a big possibility that grandpa Davis had chicken pox when he was a little boy, maybe a teen, but the virus never left the body. On the contrary, it's hidden in the nerve tissue. The virus remains passive through one's life, but sometimes, it wakes up and reaches the nerve fibers and as a result an individual gets shingles.