Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infections following messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccination

Jordan Taylor Said; Cesar A Virgen; Christine G Lian; Corey S Cutler; Joseph F Merola; Nicole R LeBoeuf

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.09.008

Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infections following messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccination

JAAD Case Rep. 2021 Nov:17:126-129. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.09.008. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

Authors

Jordan Taylor Said^{1

2}, Cesar A Virgen^{1

3}, Christine G Lian^{2

4}, Corey S Cutler^{2

3

5}, Joseph F Merola^{1

2

6}, Nicole R LeBoeuf^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Center for Cutaneous Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; VZV; VZV, varicella-zoster virus; coronavirus; disseminated VZV; mRNA vaccines; mRNA, messenger RNA; vaccines; varicella-zoster virus.

Publication types

Case Reports