There is a high risk of disseminated varicella in the newborn infant if the mother's rash appears 1 to 4 days before delivery or if the infant's rash appears 5 to 10 days postpartum.

Chickenpox (varicella) is a highly contagious viral disease, which a large majority of children in the UK catch, without it causing them long-term problems. The disease is generally more severe in ...

Given our concerns for disseminated VZV and possible meningitis, we advised that the patient visit the emergency department. On examination there, she had normal vital signs, a normal hemoglobin level ...

Reactivation of VZV leads to viral replication in the dorsal root ganglion, causing a prodrome of pain, tingling, or pruritus in the corresponding dermatome(s) as the virus spreads distally ...

He denied a history of varicella and had an incomplete vaccination card, with no record of vaccination against varicella. On physical examination, numerous disseminated vesicles and bullae were ...

Keywords: disseminated varicella zoster infection, varicella zoster virus, aplastic anemia, AA-PNH syndrome, case report. Citation: Wang J, Yang Z, Ren D, Shi Z, Fang K and Li Z (2023) Disseminated ...

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

Blantyre, June 13, Mana: Ministry of Health says investigations on a suspected case of Monkey pox from Chiradzulu District Health Office tested negative to Monkey pox, meaning that there is no Monkey ...

Jessica Winter writes about how the varicella vaccine all but eradicated chicken pox in the U.S., and contrasts the attitudes around that medical success with those of the coronavirus pandemic.

A female adolescent being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma had febrile neutropenia, diffuse abdominal pain, varicella–zoster infection, recurrent rash, and respiratory distress. She had received ...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) – first isolated in 1954 from the vesicular fluid of both chickenpox and zoster lesions in cell culture, ... (PCR), severe or disseminated rash, ...