February 1, 2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This pustulovesicular rash represents a generalized herpes outbreak due to the varicella-zoster virus pathogen. The VZV pathogen may lay dormant in the spinal nerve roots through a chickenpox-infected person's life, only manifesting its presence through outbreaks as shingles, or herpes zoster.
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