Chickenpox attributable to a vaccine virus contracted from a vaccinee with zoster.
Five months after 2 siblings were immunized with varicella vaccine, 1 developed zoster. Two weeks later the second sibling got a mild case of chicken pox. Virus isolated from the latter was found to be vaccine type. Thus, the vaccine strain was transmitted from the vaccinee with zoster to his sibling. Vaccinees who later develop zoster must be considered contagious. varicella-zoster, zoster, vaccine, transmission, rash, PstI.
Ahmanson Pediatrics Department, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. pbrunell@niaid.nih.gov
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D002644:Chickenpox / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family
D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine