title: Vaccine-strain varicella zoster virus causing recurrent herpes zoster in an immunocompetent 2-year-old.
abstract: Varivax III is a live attenuated vaccine against varicella zoster virus (VZV). We report a case of recurrent vaccine-strain herpes zoster in an immunocompetent 2-year-old child. Vaccine-strain VZV was identified through polymerase chain reaction. This report aims to alert physicians that recurrent vaccine-strain herpes zoster can be a rare complication of VZV vaccination in apparently immunocompetent hosts.
authors.affiliation: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Kaede
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Vy
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sasson
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lavi
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Ford-Jones
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tipples
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scolnik
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tellier
mesh_terms: D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000821:virology*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D004279:DNA, Viral