RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chickenpox Attributable to a Vaccine Virus Contracted From a Vaccinee With Zoster
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP e28
OP e28
DO 10.1542/peds.106.2.e28
VO 106
IS 2
A1 Brunell, Philip Alfred
A1 Argaw, Takele
YR 2000
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/106/2/e28.abstract
AB Five months after 2 siblings were immunized with varicella vaccine, 1 developed zoster. Two weeks later the second sibling got a mild case of chicken pox. Virus isolated from the latter was found to be vaccine type. Thus, the vaccine strain was transmitted from the vaccinee with zoster to his sibling. Vaccinees who later develop zoster must be considered contagious. varicella-zoster, zoster, vaccine, transmission, rash, PstI.