Vaccine-Associated Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus and Encephalitis

Abstract

The case of an immunocompetent 3 and half-year-old girl who developed encephalitis and herpes zoster ophthalmicus 20 months after immunization with varicella-zoster virus vaccine is reported from Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece, and University College, London, UK.

Keywords

• varicella-zoster virus vaccine
• human vaccinia infection
• oral rabies vaccination