VZV meningitis following varicella vaccine.
Journal: Journal Of Clinical Virology : The Official Publication Of The Pan American Society For Clinical Virology
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Abstract
Live attenuated varicella zoster virus is administered to prevent varicella in children and herpes zoster in the elderly. We report a case of disseminated herpes zoster in a previously healthy elderly woman hours after Oka strain vaccination. PCR and restriction enzyme analysis revealed that symptoms were caused by wild type virus.
Authors
Dahlene Fusco, Peter Krawitz, Philip Larussa, Sharon Steinberg, Anne Gershon, Jonathan Jacobs
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