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Causes Of Shingles

Shingles is a painful skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. After a person gets chicken pox, the chicken pox virus does not leave the body. Instead it lives in the nervous system in a dormant and inactive condition. When the virus becomes active in the nervous system, it causes shingles.

What Is The Origin Of The Word Malaria

The word malaria was adopted from the combination of two words "Mal" which means “bad” and "Aria" which means “air”, hence “Bad air”. Malaria is one of the world's most critical public health worries, leading more than a million deaths every year.