J. Hukin et al., REYE SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLINICAL VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS AND INFLUENZA-A INFECTION, Pediatric neurology, 9(2), 1993, pp. 134-136
An association is reported between Reye syndrome and varicella zoster
virus (VZV) infection in a 10-year-old boy who had serologic evidence
of coinfection with VZV and influenza A H3N2, and exposure to salicyla
tes. He developed VZV reinfection without skin lesions after family ex
posure and influenza A was community-acquired. Recent chickenpox conta
ct should initiate VZV serologic studies in Reye syndrome patients, re
gardless of the chickenpox history or evidence of infection with other
viruses.