Shingles underlies many infections in the brain
Shingles, which is caused by the chickenpox virus, can be an underestimated cause of infection in the brain. Long after the infection, patients may also develop problems with memory and other cognitive problems. These are two of the findings in a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden.In Sweden alone, varicella virus may underlie between 150 and 200 cases of infection of the brain each year. This is the finding of a dissertation that studied the incidence of brain infections in a Western region of Sweden. “There has been an assumption among physicians that the chickenpox virus