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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
. 2021 Oct 4.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.17720. Online ahead of print.
Herpes Zoster Viral (HZV) infection after AZD1222 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines: a case series
Dimitra Koumaki[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sabine-Elke Krueger-Krasagakis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marios Papadakis[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alexander Katoulis[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vasiliki Koumaki[SUP] 4 [/SUP], George Evangelou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Stefanidou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Dimitris Mylonakis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyriaki Zografaki[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Konstantinos Krasagakis[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We report the first cases of Varicella Zoster Viral (VZV) infection after AZD1222 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in Greece. As the World Health Organization ( WHO) declared the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, the production for a safe and effective vaccine COVID-19 became a global priority. [SUP]1[/SUP] In December 2020, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) first approved the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA) vaccine and the AZD1222 (Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19) vaccine. [SUP]2[/SUP].
Keywords: COVID-19; herpes zoster; vaccine.
. 2021 Oct 4.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.17720. Online ahead of print.
Herpes Zoster Viral (HZV) infection after AZD1222 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines: a case series
Dimitra Koumaki[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sabine-Elke Krueger-Krasagakis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marios Papadakis[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alexander Katoulis[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vasiliki Koumaki[SUP] 4 [/SUP], George Evangelou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Stefanidou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Dimitris Mylonakis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyriaki Zografaki[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Konstantinos Krasagakis[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34606142
- DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17720
Abstract
We report the first cases of Varicella Zoster Viral (VZV) infection after AZD1222 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in Greece. As the World Health Organization ( WHO) declared the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, the production for a safe and effective vaccine COVID-19 became a global priority. [SUP]1[/SUP] In December 2020, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) first approved the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA) vaccine and the AZD1222 (Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19) vaccine. [SUP]2[/SUP].
Keywords: COVID-19; herpes zoster; vaccine.