en <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Herpes zoster, or shingles, is a contagious disease caused by the reactivation of a dormant virus and its subsequent transmission along the sensory nerve to the matching dermatomes. This study was carried out to determine the level of knowledge about the herpes zoster virus among health and medical technology students.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Instrument & Methods:</span></span></span></b> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">This is an analytic cross-sectional study of senior students of the College of Health and Medical Technologies in Baghdad, examining their knowledge of the herpes zoster virus from November 2023 to February 2024. All fourth-year students (n=215) were collected as samples.</span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">The questionnaire had nine questions. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS 24 software by the Chi-square test. </span></span>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Findings:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> Most of the studied sample (68.4%) were in the age group 20-24 years (24.6&plusmn;3.4); 57.2% were female, 83.3% were single, and 84.7% lived in urban areas. Information was received from studying (45.1%), health workers (14.4%), family (12.1%), friends (11.2%), the internet (8.4%), and other sources (8.8%). Most study samples had acceptable knowledge scores; 36% were weak, and 8% had good scores. No significant associations were found between knowledge score and demographic variables.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:#f79646">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The overall knowledge score regarding herpes zoster virus among students of the College of Health and Medical Technologies in all departments is acceptable.</span></span></span></span></span></span> Herpes Zoster,Knowledge,Shingles, 295 300 http://ijwph.daneshafarand.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2232-1&slc_lang=en&sid=3 T.A. Noori 1003194753284600379515 1003194753284600379515 Yes Department of Community Health, Faculty of College of Health and Medical Technologies, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq I.A. Chiad 1003194753284600379514 1003194753284600379514 No Department of Community Health, Faculty of College of Health and Medical Technologies, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq F.M.M. Taqi 1003194753284600379446 1003194753284600379446 No Department of Community Health, Faculty of Technical Medical Institute, Northern Technical University, Mousl, Iraq H.G. Sabah 1003194753284600379447 1003194753284600379447 No Department of Community Health, Faculty of College of Health and Medical Technologies, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq