Itchy, itchy chickenpox
But
There are means
Like vaccines
That can be employed
To prevent
Their intent:
Cells to be destroyed.
Though nerves are where they're from
The epithelium
Is where they like to come
The alphaherpes way.
Oh
Replicating
They're creating
Copied DNA
Linear
They occur
In rolling circle way.
In him or her
They recur
As herpesviridae.
But there are drugs
For these bugs
Aimed at DNA.
In a painful scourge
Down the nerve they surge
On their axon way.
Though nerves are where they're from
The epithelium
Is where they like to come
The alphaherpes way.
Dermatome
They call home
In the dorsal root
As we get older
They get bolder
In a way astute.
Oh
Erythema
Is their scheme, a
Vesicle on top
First it shows
As a rose
In each successive crop.
Though nerves are where they're from
In a painful scourge
Down the nerve they surge
On their axon way.
The epithelium
Is where they like to come
The alphaherpes way.
In their genes
They have means
Of taking cells astray.
As they hurt
And subvert
T cells in their way.
Staying latent
Little satans
Hosts they will betray
With every chance
They advance
The herpes virus way.
Though nerves are where they're from
In a painful scourge
Down the nerve they surge
On their axon way.
The epithelium
Is where they like to come
The alphaherpes way.
Chickenpox, chickenpox
Herpes all the way
Once inside
You, they will hide
And in your nerves will stay.
Shingles hell's
In your cells
Painful all the way.
It's not fun
When inside you
Herpesviridae.
The legend of John Snow
The travels of Charles Darwin
National Vaccination Daze
Shitala Mata
The Edward Jenner story
Vaccinia
Lesions!
Modified: January 3, 2016
Created: December 14, 2014 (from yellowfever.html)
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