Meningitis caused by the varicella vaccine virus in 17 immunized children and adolescents from the United States, Europe, and Japan

Abstract The varicella vaccination program has an excellent safety record. The vaccine virus, like its wild‐type counterpart, can enter latency and later reactivate as herpes zoster. A lesser known but serious adverse event following reactivation is varicella vaccine meningitis. We investigate that...

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Main Authors: Charles Grose, Daniel J. Bonthius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-06-01
Series:Annals of the Child Neurology Society
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cns3.20020