Latent viral DNA in nerves can produce virions in response to stress or immunologic decline Whole VZV virions persist, actively replicating for decades in the skin following initia chickenpox Zoster lesions contain infectious varicella zoster virus (VZV) Infectious virions move down peripheral nerves from nerve ganglia to the skin O None of the other four answers (All are true about shingles)
Latent viral DNA in nerves can produce virions in response to stress or immunologic decline Whole VZV virions persist, actively replicating for decades in the skin following initia chickenpox Zoster lesions contain infectious varicella zoster virus (VZV) Infectious virions move down peripheral nerves from nerve ganglia to the skin O None of the other four answers (All are true about shingles)
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![Which of the following statements is NOT true about zoster (shingles)?
Latent viral DNA in nerves can produce virions in response to stress or immunologic
decline
Whole VZV virions persist, actively replicating for decades in the skin following initial
chickenpox
Zoster lesions contain infectious varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Infectious virions move down peripheral nerves from nerve ganglia to the skin
None of the other four answers (All are true about shingles)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc0633024-a4bc-4f66-b9e9-fd2e8bdcc354%2F93e6b947-f566-4457-82ba-44ca8ccc97b5%2Fpkahbs_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following statements is NOT true about zoster (shingles)?
Latent viral DNA in nerves can produce virions in response to stress or immunologic
decline
Whole VZV virions persist, actively replicating for decades in the skin following initial
chickenpox
Zoster lesions contain infectious varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Infectious virions move down peripheral nerves from nerve ganglia to the skin
None of the other four answers (All are true about shingles)
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