Fatal varicella due to the vaccine-strain varicella-zoster virus

We describe a death in a 15-mo-old girl who developed a varicella-like rash 20 d after varicella vaccination that lasted for 2 mo despite acyclovir treatment. The rash was confirmed to be due to vaccine-strain varicella-zoster virus (VZV). This is the first case of fatal varicella due to vaccine-str...

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Main Authors: Leung, Jessica, Siegel, Subhadra, Jones, James F, Schulte, Cynthia, Blog, Debra, Scott Schmid, D, Bialek, Stephanie R, Marin, Mona
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Landes Bioscience 2014
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181020/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23982221
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4161/hv.26200
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