Recurrences in herpes zoster.
Five persons who had had two attacks of zoster were culled from a series of 400 persons with herpes zoster or postzoster neuralgia (incidence, 1.25 percent). The likelihood of a person having an attack of this virus infection is considered to be between 1 and 2 percent. Hence it is possible that an episode of herpes zoster confers only temporary protection against a second attack. These figures indicate that recurrences are uncommon but do appear as often as primary attacks appear in those who never had this condition previously.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence