Abstract
cine was licensed in the United States in 1995. The vaccine is safe, immunogenic, and highly protective against severe varicella in healthy children and adults and in certain immunocompromised patients.1-3 It was initially hoped that herpes zoster might not occur after immunization. However, Oka vaccine-type varicella-zoster virus can cause latent infection in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia.4,5 We describe herpes zoster caused by vaccine strain varicella-zoster virus in a child.
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