Summary:
- This article discusses how some viruses, like the one that causes chickenpox, can remain dormant in a person's body for their entire life after the initial infection.
- Even though the person may not show any symptoms, the virus can reactivate later in life and cause a new infection, such as shingles in the case of the chickenpox virus.
- Researchers are studying how these dormant viruses are able to hide in the body and what triggers them to reactivate, in order to better understand and prevent viral infections.