Characteristics of herpes zoster in otherwise normal children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 960-961

  Terada, Kihei ^a   Kawano, Shoji ^a   Yoshihiro, Kiyomi ^a   Yokobayashi, Ayako ^b   Miyashima, Hiroko ^c   Morita, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Ibara Municipal Hospital ^*  (Japan)

^c Kasaoka First Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood; Herpes zoster; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027424376     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199311000-00016     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Mazur MH, Dolin R. Herpes zoster at the NIH: a 20 year experience. Am J Med 1978;65:738-744.
2. Novelli VM, Brunell PA, Geiser CF, Narkewicz S, Frierson L. Herpes zoster in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Am J Dis Child 1988;145:71-72.
3. Feldman S, Hughes WT, Kim HY. Herpes zoster in children with cancer. Am J Dis Child 1973;126:178-184.
4. Latif R, Shope TC. Herpes zoster in normal and immunocompromised children. Am J Dis Child 1983;137:801-802.
5. Guess HA, Broughton DD, Melton LJ, Kurland LT. Epidemiology of herpes zoster in children and adolescents: a population-based study. Pediatrics 1985;76:512-516.
6. Baba K, Yabuuchi H, Takahashi M, Ogra PL. Increased incidence of herpes zoster in normal children infected with varicella zoster virus during infancy. J Pediatr 1986;108:372-377.
7. Ragozzino MW, Melton LJ, Kurland LT. Population-based study of herpes zoster and its sequelae. Medicine 1982;61:310- 316.
8. Dworsky M, Whitley R, Alford C. Herpes zoster in early infancy. Am J Dis Child 1980;134:618-619.
9. Brunnell PA, Kotchmar GS. Zoster in infancy: failure to maintain virus latency following intrauterine infection. J Pediatr 1981;98:71-73.
10. Arvin AM, Koropchak CM, Williams BRG, Grumet FC, Foung SKH. Early immune response in healthy and immunocompromised subjects with primary varicella-zoster virus infection. J Infect Dis 1986;154:422-429.