title: Nosocomial transmission of varicella to a healthcare provider positive for anti-varicella zoster virus antibodies: nonprotective positivity with an immune adherence hemagglutination assay.
abstract: A 24-year-old male healthcare provider, having attended a varicella patient 2 weeks before, developed varicella himself. He had shown a positive result for anti-VZV antibodies measured with an immune adherence hemagglutination assay (1:4) 1 year before. The present case shows that a positive result with this assay does not necessarily indicate protection against VZV infection.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tsukuba University Hospital, 2-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8576, Japan. shitomi@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors: Shigemi
authors: S
authors: Hitomi
authors: Toyoichiro
authors: T
authors: Kudo
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Koganemaru
authors: Norimasa
authors: N
authors: Tsutsumi
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007104:Immune Adherence Reaction; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male; D000077483:Valacyclovir; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D014633:Valine; D000077483:Valacyclovir; D000212:Acyclovir