Zovirax is intended for local and systemic application in patients with following diseases:
- infectious diseases of skin and mucous membranes caused by herpes virus of I and II types;
- primary genital herpes and its recurrence;
- infectious diseases caused by chicken pox virus and herpes zoster;
- herpetic infection of I and II types at newborns;
- this medicine is also applied for prevention of the infectious diseases caused by simple herpes virus in patients suffering from immunodeficiency;
- for prevention of a cytomegaloviral infection at operations on bone marrow transplant.