Infection with varicella zoster virus typically occurs in children and it can cause primary
varicella infection or “chickenpox”, or it can reactivate later in life and cause herpes zoster or …

Revaccination after receipt of a hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) or cellular therapies is a
pillar of patient supportive care, with the potential to reduce morbidity and mortality linked to …

Corticosteroids, when given in high dosages, have long been recognized as a risk factor for
severe infection with wild-type varicella-zoster virus in both children and adults. The goal of …

Mucosal vaccinations for respiratory pathogens provide effective protection as they stimulate
localized cellular and humoral immunities at the site of infection. Currently, the major …

Objectives To examine the reported incidence and features of disseminated varicella zoster
virus (VZV) infection following live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine live (ZVL: Zostavax …

Dear Editor, Recurrent varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is an uncommon phenomenon,
especially in immunocompetent patients, and has only sparsely been reported in the past …

Localised herpes zoster infections spread by direct contact with active skin lesion, but
airborne transmission is rare. We report a case of varicella from airborne transmission of a …

Causes of its apparition may be found in constitutive or temporal alteration, especially in
healthy hosts, in cellular immunity. 2 Here, we present a case of a healthy patient who …

Background and objective: Live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine (Zostavax [CSL/Merck])
was included on the Australian National Immunisation Program from 1 November 2016 for …

Mucosal vaccinations for respiratory pathogens provide effective protection as they stimulate
localized cellular and humoral immunities at the site of infection. Currently, the major …