Like other herpes viruses varicella is an enveloped DNA virus.
<span>Varicella-zoster virus is a type of herpes virus which infect humans also called chickenpox virus, varicella virus, zoster virus, and human herpesvirus type 3 (HHV-3). Its genome is a linear duplex DNA molecule, it multiplies in the lungs and after the primary infection, it goes dormant into neural cells where it can be reactivated and cause neural diseases.</span>
The pH scale measures how basic or acidic a substance is, and it ranges from 0 to 14. On the pH scale, a pH of 7 is neutral, less than 7 is acidic and higher than 7 is basic.