Adults who have persistently positive antibody titers after vaccination rarely develop varicella following exposure. In contrast to children, about 20% of vaccinated adults lose detectable VZV ...

Now, most health officials agree that having a positive antibody test does not mean a person is immune to contracting the virus. ... rubella and varicella. But COVID-19 is different, experts said.

From March 1997 through November 2000, data collection was completed for 330 potential cases, of which 243 (74 percent) were in children who had positive PCR tests for varicella–zoster virus.

Serums known to be positive and negative were included in each run of complement-fixation tests. ... In no case was virus detected in the lesions of a patient who had varicella antibody.

Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation Is an Important Cause of Acute Peripheral Facial Paralysis in Children . ... The remaining 2 children (cases 11 and 12) had positive IgM antibodies, ...

All students must satisfy this requirement, either by a positive Varicella antibody titer or two doses of the Varicella vaccine. A Varicella IgG antibody blood titer. If VZVIgG is positive, no ...

SEATTLE, Jan. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curevo Vaccine (Curevo), a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccines with ...

In this study, a self-reported history of varicella infection was a highly accurate indicator of immunity to the pathogen. The 98% (180/184) seroprevalence of varicella–zoster virus antibodies in our ...

Antibody-mediated responses against varicella-zoster virus (VZV), including avidity and persistence, are higher in individuals who received an adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine ...

For all groups combined, elevated PS IgG antibody showed negative correlation with free PS (p < 0.0001) and positive correlation with prothrombin fragment 1+2 (p = 0.0002). Autoantibodies were ...