Talk:Shingles

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June 16, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
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March 28, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
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Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Note 13: Page Not Found Blackjackdavee (talk) 03:19, 25 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Lengthy lead

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The lead is quite long, with five meaty paragraphs. I don't have time to condense it myself, but it would probably improve the page if someone could cut it down to the most important information. Just-a-can-of-beans (talk) 22:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

A word of thanks

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I read this article because I'm just going through a bout of shingles myself at the moment. What an amazing piece of work—Wikipedia at its finest. It has made me feel proud to be even a tiny part of a collaboration that can produce something as good as this. Congratulations to everyone who has contributed to it. Niggle1892 (talk) 11:36, 10 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Dormancy understood or not?

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Seems inaccurate to say dormancy is not understood when a cited source [1] literally says "Researchers have solved the mystery of why the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles can remain dormant for decades." https://www.uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk/news/researchers-discover-how-chickenpox-and-shingles-virus-remains-dormant Dvdtoy (talk) 01:41, 10 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Talk:Shingles

Link rot

Lengthy lead

A word of thanks

Dormancy understood or not?