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- Title
The protective effect of immunologic boosting against zoster: an analysis in leukemic children who were vaccinated against chickenpox.
- Authors
Gershon AA; LaRussa P; Steinberg S; Mervish N; Lo SH; Meier P; Gershon, A A; LaRussa, P; Steinberg, S; Mervish, N; Lo, S H; Meier, P
- Abstract
Whether reexposure of varicella-immune persons to varicella-zoster virus would protect against or predispose to development of zoster was analyzed. The rate of zoster in 511 leukemic recipients of varicella vaccine who had 1 or > 1 dose of varicella vaccine and in those who did or did not have a household exposure to varicella was determined. A Kaplan-Meier life-table analysis revealed that the incidence of zoster was lower in those given > 1 dose of vaccine (P < .05). A Cox proportional hazards analysis showed that both household exposure to varicella and receipt of > 1 dose of vaccine were highly protective (P < .01) against zoster. Thus, the risk of zoster is decreased by reexposure to varicella-zoster virus, either by vaccination or by close exposure to varicella.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1996, Vol 173, Issue 2, p450
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
journal article