TRANSMISSION OF VARICELLA VACCINE VIRUS FROM A HEALTHY 12-MONTH OLD CHILD TO HIS PREGNANT MOTHER

Authors
SALZMAN MB SHARRAR RG STEINBERG S LARUSSA P
Citation
Mb. Salzman et al., TRANSMISSION OF VARICELLA VACCINE VIRUS FROM A HEALTHY 12-MONTH OLD CHILD TO HIS PREGNANT MOTHER, The Journal of pediatrics, 131(1), 1997, pp. 151-154
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
131
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
151 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1997)131:1<151:TOVVVF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A 12-month-old healthy boy had approximately 30 vesicular skin lesions 24 days after receiving varicella vaccine. Sixteen days later his pre gnant mother had 100 lesions. Varicella-vaccine virus was identified b y polymerase chain reaction in the vesicular lesions of the mother. Af ter an elective abortion, no virus was detected in the fetal tissue. T his case documents transmission of varicella-vaccine virus from a heal thy 12-month-old infant to his pregnant mother.