TY - JOUR
T1 - Herpes Zoster after COVID-vaccination
AU - van Dam, C S
AU - Lede, I
AU - Schaar, J
AU - Al-Dulaimy, M
AU - Rösken, R
AU - Smits, M
N1 - Funding Information: None of the above-listed authors have conflicts of interest to report. There was no funding or other financial support of any organization. Written informed consent was obtained from the participants in this case report. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - COVID-19 presents in various ways, but mainly as a pulmonary disease (Marzano, 2020). Skin manifestations have been reported, including reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (Marzano, 2020). Our case report describes two adults developing herpes zoster after vaccination with tozinameran (the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine). A possible cause for this reaction is a transient lymphocytopenia that occurs after the vaccination — similar to that in COVID-19 disease (Mulligan, 2020; Wang, 2020; Qin, 2020; Brabilla, 2020; Wang, 2020; Wei, 2017). In the context of vaccinating older and/or immunocompromised adults, our observations can be the starting point for further evaluation of a possible relationship between COVID-19, COVID vaccines, and herpes zoster.
AB - COVID-19 presents in various ways, but mainly as a pulmonary disease (Marzano, 2020). Skin manifestations have been reported, including reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (Marzano, 2020). Our case report describes two adults developing herpes zoster after vaccination with tozinameran (the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine). A possible cause for this reaction is a transient lymphocytopenia that occurs after the vaccination — similar to that in COVID-19 disease (Mulligan, 2020; Wang, 2020; Qin, 2020; Brabilla, 2020; Wang, 2020; Wei, 2017). In the context of vaccinating older and/or immunocompromised adults, our observations can be the starting point for further evaluation of a possible relationship between COVID-19, COVID vaccines, and herpes zoster.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114997562&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.048
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.048
M3 - Article
C2 - 34428545
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 111
SP - 169
EP - 171
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -