<prompt> Shingles is caused by:VZVHSVCMVEnterovirus 70  <response>: Ans. A. VZV.a. Varicella-zoster virus VZV causes two distinct clinical entities: varicella chickenpox and herpes zoster shingles.b. Chickenpox, a ubiquitous and extremely contagious infection, is usually a benign illness of childhood characterized by an exanthematous vesicular rash.c. With reactivation of latent VZV which is most common after the sixth decade of life, herpes zoster presents as a dermatomal vesicular rash, usually associated with severe pain. 