chickenpox virus in Podcasts
conceptViral infection causing chickenpox and shingles, associated with inflammation and potential dementia risk
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Can the shingles vaccine stave off dementia?
Because it is what's called a neurotropic virus, so it preferentially targets your nervous system.
Science Friday
Can the shingles vaccine stave off dementia?
Yeah, so I think there's a particularly high level of biological plausibility for the virus that causes shingles later in life, which is the chickenpox virus.