VZV family
Chickenpox / varicella ↔ VZV ↔ shingles / herpes zoster.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTELLIGENCE
Chickenpox and shingles should connect to the virus that links them.
V12 maps varicella/chickenpox and herpes zoster/shingles as distinct disease entities connected through varicella-zoster virus, alongside a much broader infectious-disease domain.
Childhood infections
Measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, scarlet fever and hand-foot-mouth disease.
Respiratory viruses
RSV, influenza, COVID-19 and related diagnostic pathways.
Herpesviruses
HSV, EBV, CMV and VZV as related but distinct entities.
Travel/vector-borne
Malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, West Nile and leishmaniasis.
Diagnostics & prevention
PCR/molecular microbiology, vaccination review and complex infection pathways.