Question 18 • VA_Pharmacology_A
Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, and human papillomavirus (HPV) is also a virus, so both are viral infections. Vaccines can help prevent both: the shingles vaccine reduces the risk of shingles, and HPV vaccines protect against many HPV infections. Scabicides treat scabies, not these viral infections, and neither condition is bacterial.
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