Year: 1994
Type: letter
Abstract: To the Editor: Dunkle et al. (Nov. 28, 1991, issue)1 reported that treatment with acyclovir reduces the duration and severity of chickenpox in normal children when therapy is begun during the first 24 hours after the appearance of rash. The effect of acyclovir treatment on susceptibility to recurrent or reactivated varicella-zoster virus infection is controversial2. In April 1992, the three-year-old daughter of one of us (Patient 1) contracted chickenpox and inadvertently inoculated five children, including her sister (Patient 2) and her best friend (Patient 3). Patient 1 had hundreds of vesicles on her trunk and face and still has . . .
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Authors: Madeleine Duvic, Douglas Grossman
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2001098862