| Patients with lower antibody titers to varicella after vaccination also had an increased rate of breakthrough infection. |
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| Childhood vaccination against varicella with a live attenuated vaccine is now common in the United States and may be introduced elsewhere. |
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| Herpes zoster results from reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus infection. |
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| Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus, and the main symptoms are a high fever and itchy red spots that blister and develop a crust. |
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| Infection with herpes zoster caused by a reactivation of varicella virus dormant in dorsal root ganglia is also common in older adults. |
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| The primary purpose of the varicella immunisation programme for healthcare workers is to protect seronegative patients. |
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| However, while adults are less susceptible to varicella infection, they are more likely to die of chicken pox. |
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| Later the virus, now known as the varicella zoster virus, was identified and isolated, and the researcher responsible received a Nobel prize. |
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| Data from more than 300 deliveries indicate no birth defects compatible with congenital varicella syndrome. |
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| Alternatively, the faculty might have contagious diseases, such as tuberculosis or varicella, and could infect patients. |
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| First, you can make sure you are up to date on all vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella. |
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| Reye's syndrome is often misdiagnosed as encephalitis or meningitis, two complications that often appear in case studies of varicella deaths. |
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| The medical name for chickenpox is varicella zoster and for shingles it is herpes zoster. |
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| Unlike varicella, herpes zoster is a sporadic disease with an estimated lifetime incidence of 10 to 20 percent. |
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| This list of tests currently includes hepatitis B, syphilis, and immunity to varicella and rubella. |
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| At 1 year postvaccination, GMTs for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and Haemophilus influenzae type b were similar between the two groups. |
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| The authors conclude that continuous exposure to varicella virus through community contacts protects latently infected adults from developing clinical shingles. |
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| Children with signs of epiglottitis, bacterial tracheitis, foreign body, chronic pulmonary disease, recent varicella, and recent steroid treatment were excluded. |
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| At six weeks postvaccination, seroconversion rates for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella were similar between the two groups. |
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| Patients were monitored for adverse reactions to vaccine, exposure to varicella, dermatomal zoster, and chickenpox. |
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| Even after chicken pox blisters heal, the varicella zoster virus stays in the body for life. |
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| In particular, ibuprofen was implicated when its use in children with varicella was linked with invasive Group A streptococcal infections. |
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| After childhood chickenpox, the varicella virus is never eliminated from the body but lies dormant in nerve roots. |
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| In recent years, there have been outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses in Canada including measles, mumps and varicella. |
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| Live vaccines, such as MMR or varicella, should not be given to pregnant women and some people who have problems with their immune system. |
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| Children can be vaccinated against varicella infections as early as at 9 months of age. |
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| For every 100 children who get varicella vaccine, about 97 of them will be protected from chickenpox. |
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| Polio, MMR, and varicella vaccines have never contained thimerosal. |
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| Although a small percentage of vaccinated children contract varicella each year, these illnesses are much less severe than those occurring in unvaccinated children or adults. |
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| Making a clinical diagnosis, and, in particular, differentiating smallpox from varicella, is difficult even when those concerned are seeing both diseases regularly. |
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| Viral meningitis may be caused by viruses such as coxsackie, herpes simplex, mumps, the varicella zoster virus of chickenpox and shingles, poliovirus, echoviruses. |
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| Primary varicella infection can often be prevented or at least limited by administration of the varicella vaccine within 72 hours of exposure to chickenpox or herpes zoster. |
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| Pneumonia is a known complication of rubeola, varicella, and pertussis. |
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| Live vaccines such as MMR and varicella, should be postponed if you or your child has received a blood product or immune globulin within the past three to 11 months. |
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| Tissue culture was negative and the histopathology was in keeping with varicella zoster infection. |
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| Examples of infectious agents that can be transmitted to the fetus and have an adverse effect include rubella, cytomegalovirus, varicella and toxoplasma. |
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| In Canada, varicella vaccine is approved but only universally provided in three out of ten provinces and in two out of the three territories and must be purchased in the remaining areas. |
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| However, post-marketing experience with varicella vaccines suggests that transmission of vaccine virus may occur rarely between vaccinees who develop a varicella-like rash and susceptible contacts. |
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| Those who do not have a reliable history of chicken pox and who have not already been vaccinated should receive the varicella vaccine. |
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| Substantial decreases in case numbers are being seen with pertussis, varicella, pneumococcal and meningococcal group C infections as the related vaccination programs exert their effects. |
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| Analysis of a small number of clinical isolates from patients who received oral acyclovir or placebo for acute herpes zoster suggests that in vivo emergence of resistant varicella zoster virus may occur infrequently. |
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| Here we report a case of apparent VZV reinfection with recurrent varicella infection in a nurse in a teaching general hospital in Taiwan. |
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| Vaccination with live attenuated varicella vaccine can result in a more extensive vaccine-associated rash or disseminated disease in individuals on immunosuppressant doses of corticosteroids. |
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| The patient was diagnosed as neonatal varicella by clinical and serological examination. |
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| The rash entails a reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus that lies dormant in cranial or sensory nerve ganglia. |
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| The infection is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which also causes shingles. |
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| Post-marketing experience suggests that transmission of varicella vaccine virus may occur very rarely between healthy vaccinees who develop a varicella-like rash and susceptible contacts. |
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| She then noted on the group's page that she was looking for another infected child in the area, or an adult with shingles, which is caused by the same virus, varicella zoster. |
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| Immunohistochemical stain results for herpes simplex virus 1, herpes simplex virus 2, and varicella zoster virus, when performed, were reported as negative. |
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| The recommendation for varicella vaccine has been extended to include all age groups, including adults, in whom there is no evidence of varicella immunity. |
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| Martin del Pozo M, Benito-Leon J, Rodriguez J, Molina JA, Diaz-Guzman J, Bermejo FP Uncommon neurologic complications related to varicella zoster virus. |
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| Varicella pneumonia and encephalitis can be serious complications in adults. |
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| Varicella zoster virus is another of eight herpes viruses known to infect humans. |
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| Meningococci, group A streptococci, Pneumococci and Varicella are the various bacterial and viral pathogens implicated. |
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