Postexposure prophylaxis for varicella/shingles: A review of the UKHSA guidelines

Rebecca Jeyaraj; Eliza Alexander; Teresa Cutino-Moguel; Susan Li; Ranjev Kainth

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2022-324738

Postexposure prophylaxis for varicella/shingles: A review of the UKHSA guidelines

Rebecca Jeyaraj^*, Eliza Alexander, Teresa Cutino-Moguel, Susan Li, Ranjev Kainth

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Abstract

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a human herpes virus that causes chickenpox (or varicella) and shingles. Chickenpox, which occurs with primary VZV infection, is highly contagious and is typically a mild illness in childhood. Shingles, which occurs with reactivation of latent VZV, is less common in childhood than adulthood but can still affect both immunocompromised and immunocompetent children following previous chickenpox infection or varicella vaccination.

Original language	English
Article number	archdischild-2022-324738
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324738
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

communicable diseases
infectious disease medicine
neonatology
paediatrics
virology

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Postexposure prophylaxis for varicella/shingles: A review of the UKHSA guidelines

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