This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Clinical Observations

Richard C. Gibbs, MD; Edward Shapiro, MD; Herbert Cassidy, MD; Philip A. Brunell, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1970;120(5):456-457.

Abstract
A woman developed zoster one month following the birth of twins. Although the twins were not infected, their 4-year-old sibling developed varicella following exposure to their mother. The twins were probably protected against varicella by maternal antibody. It would appear, therefore, that the rate of maternal antibody synthesis at delivery was adequate to protect the twins against exogenous infection but it was not adequate to neutralize activated latent varicella-zoster virus and prevent the occurrence of maternal zoster.

Author Affiliations
New York; Bayonne, NJ; New York

From the departments of dermatology (Dr. Gibbs) and pediatrics (Dr. Brunell), New York University Medical Center, New York, and the departments of dermatology (Dr. Shapiro) and pediatrics (Dr. Cassidy), Bayonne Hospital and Dispensary, Bayonne, NJ.

Footnotes
Received for publication May 7, 1970.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Ave, New York 10016 (Dr. Brunell).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?