Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Herpes Zoster Among Children in the Varicella Vaccine Era, 2005–2009 | Zendy

Sheila Weinmann | Zendy; Colleen Chun | Zendy; D. Scott Schmid | Zendy; Michelle Roberts | Zendy; Meredith Vandermeer | Zendy; Karen Riedlinger | Zendy; Stephanie R. Bialek | Zendy; Mona Marin | Zendy

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Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Herpes Zoster Among Children in the Varicella Vaccine Era, 2005–2009

Author(s) -

Sheila Weinmann,

Colleen Chun,

D. Scott Schmid,

Michelle Roberts,

Meredith Vandermeer,

Karen Riedlinger,

Stephanie R. Bialek,

Mona Marin

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit405

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , vaccination , chickenpox vaccine , virology , varicella vaccine , pediatrics , varicella zoster virus , virus , immunization , immunology , antibody , physics , optics

Vaccine-strain herpes zoster (HZ) can occur after varicella vaccination. This study determined the number and proportion of HZ cases caused by vaccine-strain varicella zoster virus (VZV), assessed the positive predictive value of provider diagnosis of HZ, and computed HZ incidence rates in vaccinated and unvaccinated children.

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