Increased risk of herpes zoster in adults≥ 50 years old diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States

A Bhavsar, G Lonnet, C Wang… - Open Forum …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Case reports have described herpes zoster (HZ) in patients with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, this constitutes low-quality evidence for an association …

Long‐term risk of herpes zoster following COVID‐19: a retrospective cohort study of 2 442 686 patients

YC Chen, CH Ho, TH Liu, JY Wu… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term risk of herpes zoster (HZ) after recovery from a SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is
unclear. This retrospective cohort study assessed the risk of HZ in patients following a …

Varicella-Zoster virus reactivation following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccination or infection: New insights

R Martinez-Reviejo, S Tejada, GAR Adebanjo… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation has been reported following vaccination
for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), but the real extent …

Characteristics of herpes zoster infection in patients with COVID‐19: a systematic scoping review

T Czech, Y Nishimura - International Journal of Dermatology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although there is literature reporting correlations between varicella zoster virus
(VZV) infections and COVID‐19, insufficient evidence exists in this regard. This scoping …

A systematic review and meta‐analysis of herpes zoster occurrence/recurrence after COVID‐19 infection and vaccination

F Wang, Y Gao, AL Wagner, Y Lu - Journal of Medical Virology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To inform surveillance, prevention, and management strategies for the varicella zoster virus
(VZV) during the COVID‐19 pandemic, this study aimed to evaluate the risk of herpes zoster …

[HTML][HTML] Oral herpes zoster infection following COVID-19 vaccination: a report of five cases

H Fukuoka, N Fukuoka, T Kibe, RS Tubbs, J Iwanaga - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recently, two cases of oral herpes zoster (HZ) following COVID-19 vaccines were reported.
It was suggested that COVID-19 vaccine-related oral HZ cases might be missed or …

[HTML][HTML] Zoster cranial polyneuropathy in a COVID-19 patient

F Antonescu, I Butnariu, FM Cojocaru… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Rare disease Background: Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare form of herpes zoster
caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus in the geniculate ganglion. The main …

Case of atypical disseminated herpes zoster in a patient with COVID‐19: a diagnostic challenge in COVID era

F Mohaghegh, P Hatami, Z Aryanian - Clinical Case Reports, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herpes Zoster caused by reactivation of latent Varicella–Zoster virus (VZV). The rare
disseminated form of it occurred mainly in immunocompromised patients. We hereby …

Иммуномодулирующая терапия в лечении пациентов с реактивацией герпевирусной инфекции на фоне COVID-19//Эффективная фармакотерапия.–2022

НС Татаурщикова, ОИ Летяева, ТГ Федоскова… - Т, 2022 - elibrary.ru
Многообразие фенотипов COVID-19 определяется спектром коморбидной патологии.
Одним из важных спутников и прогностических маркеров тяжести течения этой острой …

Herpes zoster after COVID-19 disease

TS Akman, T Arıcı… - Kastamonu …, 2022 - kastamonumedicaljournal.com
COVID-19 infection can affect immune system functions. Although age is seen as a major
factor for the development of Herpes Zoster (HZ), immunosuppression or disease-related …