Varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family

Localised herpes zoster infections spread by direct contact with active skin lesion, but airborne transmission is rare. We report a case of varicella from airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family. The patient was a 15-year-old boy who had never been vaccinated against...

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Autores principales: Hatsushika, Yumi, Nii, Isao, Taniguchi, Tomohiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8420737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34479882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-243217
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author Hatsushika, Yumi
Nii, Isao
Taniguchi, Tomohiro
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description Localised herpes zoster infections spread by direct contact with active skin lesion, but airborne transmission is rare. We report a case of varicella from airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family. The patient was a 15-year-old boy who had never been vaccinated against the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). He likely developed varicella from his father, whom the patient lived with. The patient’s father developed a localised herpes zoster infection 2 weeks prior. The patient’s varicella was hypothesised to be due to VZV spread via airborne transmission from the father’s localised infection. To decrease the number of varicella cases, routine vaccination of children against VZV is essential, and immunisation against VZV in middle-aged and elderly patients is also necessary.
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spelling pubmed-84207372021-09-22 Varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family Hatsushika, Yumi Nii, Isao Taniguchi, Tomohiro BMJ Case Rep Case Report Localised herpes zoster infections spread by direct contact with active skin lesion, but airborne transmission is rare. We report a case of varicella from airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family. The patient was a 15-year-old boy who had never been vaccinated against the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). He likely developed varicella from his father, whom the patient lived with. The patient’s father developed a localised herpes zoster infection 2 weeks prior. The patient’s varicella was hypothesised to be due to VZV spread via airborne transmission from the father’s localised infection. To decrease the number of varicella cases, routine vaccination of children against VZV is essential, and immunisation against VZV in middle-aged and elderly patients is also necessary. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8420737/ /pubmed/34479882 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-243217 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Taniguchi, Tomohiro
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title_full Varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family
title_fullStr Varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family
title_full_unstemmed Varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family
title_short Varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family
title_sort varicella caused by airborne transmission of a localised herpes zoster infection in a family
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8420737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34479882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-243217
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