Vaccine-strain varicella zoster virus causing recurrent herpes zoster in an immunocompetent 2-year-old.
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.
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Kaede
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The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Lavi
Sasson
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Ford-Jones
Elizabeth L
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Tipples
Graham
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Scolnik
Dennis
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Tellier
Raymond
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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
D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D004279:DNA, Viral