title: Simultaneous onset of herpes zoster in a father and son.
abstract: The Varicella Zoster virus persists in sensory nerve ganglion cells after chicken pox and gets reactivated to cause herpes zoster after variable periods of time as a result of waning of specific cellular immunity. Susceptible contacts of herpes zoster can develop chicken pox and very rarely herpes zoster. We report an interesting case of a father and his son who developed herpes zoster simultaneously without any obvious common predisposition and discuss the possible underlying mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Combined Military Hospital, Abbottabad. naeemraza561@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Naeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Nasser Rashid
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Dar
authors.forename: Amer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ejaz
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005190:Family; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir