ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2021
Herpes zoster after COVID vaccination.
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- Herpesviruses reactivation following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of medical research · 2023Pooled it
- Global prevalence and clinical manifestations of cutaneous adverse reactions following COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2022Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-related cutaneous manifestations: a systematic review.International journal of dermatology · 2022Pooled it
- Varicella-Zoster virus reactivation following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccination or infection: New insights.European journal of internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of herpes zoster in individuals who have received COVID-19 vaccine and/or had COVID-19: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Drug-induced herpes zoster: a pharmacovigilance analysis of FDA adverse event reports from 2004 to 2024.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Ocular Implications of COVID-19 Infection and Vaccine-Related Adverse Events.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
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- Vasculitis-Like Hemorrhagic Herpes Zoster and HIV Infections: An Intricate Association.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Revolutionizing viral disease vaccination: the promising clinical advancements of non-replicating mRNA vaccines.Virology journal · 2023Review
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- A review of the potential neurological adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Review
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- Herpes Zoster Following COVID-19 Vaccine Booster.The American journal of case reports · 2023Article
- Hybrid and herd immunity 6 months after SARS-CoV-2 exposure among individuals from a community treatment program.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Cutaneous Adverse Events After COVID-19 Vaccination.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2023Article
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Abstract
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.
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