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dc.contributor.authorKu, Chih-Hung
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yu-Tien
dc.contributor.authorChristiani, David C.
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-09T00:09:16Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationKu, Chih-Hung, Yu-Tien Liu, and David C. Christiani. 2005. Case Report: Case report: occupationally related recurrent varicella (chickenpox) in a hospital nurse. Environmental Health Perspectives 113(10): 1373-1375.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0091-6765en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:7349724
dc.description.abstractCommonly accepted outcomes of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections include chickenpox (primary) and shingles (recurrence or latency), as well lifetime immunity against chickenpox. We report the case of a registered nurse who worked in a neurologic surgery ward in a general hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. While working there for approximately 1 year, she developed recurrent chickenpox after caring for a paraparesis patient, who had herpes zoster during hospitalization in August 2002. The varicella incubation period was 10 days, which matched the range (10–21 days). Recently negative specific serum IgM and positive specific serum IgG indicated a past VZV infection. The nurse did not get herpes zoster from the second episode of varicella on 9 August 2002 to 4 April 2005 and is now convalescing. We conclude that occupational VZV hazards exist in the health care environment and suggest testing for VZV antibody and a VZV vaccination program for susceptible health care workers.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi://10.1289/ehp.7766en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281282/pdf/en_US
dash.licenseLAA
dc.subjectchickenpoxen_US
dc.subjectindirect fluroscent antibodyen_US
dc.subjectoccupational exposureen_US
dc.subjectpolymerase chain reactionen_US
dc.subjectshinglesen_US
dc.subjectTaiwanen_US
dc.subjectvaricella–zoster virusen_US
dc.titleCase Report: Occupationally Related Recurrent Varicella (Chickenpox) in a Hospital Nurseen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.relation.journalEnvironmental Health Perspectivesen_US
dash.depositing.authorChristiani, David C.
dc.date.available2012-01-09T00:09:16Z
dash.affiliation.otherHMS^Medicine-Massachusetts General Hospitalen_US
dash.affiliation.otherSPH^Environmental+Occupational Medicine+Epien_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1289/ehp.7766*
dash.contributor.affiliatedChristiani, David


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