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Varicella Infection (Chickenpox)

Selected References:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics. 2009. Varicella-zoster infections. In: Pickering LK, Baker CJ, Kimberlin DW, Long SS, eds. Red Book: 2009. Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 28th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics;714-727
  • Arthur I. Eidelman, et al. 2012. Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. PediatricsMarch 2012; 129 (3): e827–e841.
  • Bohlke K, et al. 2003. Postpartum varicella vaccination: is the vaccine virus excreted in breast milk? Obstet Gynecol 102(5 Pt 1):970-977.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1996. Prevention of varicella. MMWR; 45(RR-11);1-36.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2013. Updated Recommendations for Use of VariZIG — United States, 2013. MMWR. 62(28)574-576.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2016. Guidelines for vaccinating pregnant women (2012, updated 2016). http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/preg-guide.htm
  • Chan DYL, et al. 2017. Human varicella zoster virus is not present in the semen of a man affected by chickenpox during the in vitro fertilisation of is wife. Andrologia 49(10):e12822.
  • Cohen A, et al. Congenital varicella syndrome: the evidence for secondary prevention with varicella-zoster immune globulin. CMAJ:183(2):204-208.
  • Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics. 1995. Recommendations for the use of live attenuated varicella vaccine. Pediatrics; 95:791-796.
  • Enders, G et al. 1994. Consequences of varicella and herpes zoster in pregnancy: prospective study of 1739 cases.” Lancet (London, England) 343,8912: 1548-51.
  • Fabiano, Valentina et al. 2013. Herpes zoster in an immunocompetent boy following intrauterine exposure to varicella-zoster virus.” Cutis 91,3: 127-8, 140.
  • Frederick IB, et al. 1986. Excretion of varicella-herpeszoster in breast milk. Am J Obstet Gynecol; 154:1116-1117.
  • Gruslin A, et al; SOGC. 2008. Immunization in pregnancy: No. 220, December 2008. Int J Gynaecol Obstet; 105(2):187-191.
  • Harger, James H et al. 2002. Frequency of congenital varicella syndrome in a prospective cohort of 347 pregnant women.” Obstetrics and gynecology 100,2: 260-5.
  • Hayward K, et al. 2018. Management of herpes zoster (shingles) during pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol 38(7):887-894.
  • Lamont, Ronald F et al. 2011. Varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) infection in pregnancy.” BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 118,10: 1155-62.
  • Marin M, et al. 2013. Closure of Varicella-Zoster Virus-Containing Vaccines Pregnancy Registry – United States. MMWR. 63(33);732-733.
  • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. 2011. General recommendations on immunization — recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep. 60(2):1-64. Erratum in: MMWR Recomm Rep. 2011:60:993.
  • Petignat, P et al. 2001. Fetal varicella-herpes zoster syndrome in early pregnancy: ultrasonographic and morphological correlation. Prenatal diagnosis 21,2 (2001): 121-4.
  • Tan MP, Koren G. 2006. Chickenpox in pregnancy: revisited. Reprod Toxicol; 21(4):410-20.

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