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Volume 348:2044-2045 May 15, 2003 Number 20
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Herpes Zoster

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by Gnann, J. W.
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To the Editor: Gnann and Whitley (Aug. 1 issue)1 state that serologic testing for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be appropriate for healthy persons with herpes zoster who are younger than 50 years of age. Herpes zoster develops in more than 20,000 apparently healthy children each year in the United States. Children with a history of chickenpox at less than one year of age are at increased risk.2,3,4,5 Studies of herpes zoster in normal children6 have not shown occult underlying problems and have led to the conclusion that laboratory studies in healthy children with herpes zoster are not helpful. . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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