Reactivation of chickenpox contracted in infancy.
Open Access
- 1 August 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 73 (2), 162-163
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.73.2.162
Abstract
Varicella zoster virus DNA in mononuclear cells was studied by the polymerase chain reaction to obtain virological evidence of reactivation in the children who had contracted chickenpox in infancy. The results appear to explain why chickenpox in infancy is a risk factor for herpes zoster in immunocompetent children.Keywords
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