Herpes zoster after COVID‐19 vaccination—Can the vaccine reactivate latent zoster virus?

Herpes zoster after COVID-19 vaccination - Can the vaccine reactivate latent zoster virus? Thus, as Bostal et al indicated, COVID vaccination could trigger a cascade of antigenic-mediated immunological events triggering latent VZV reactivation.1 However, further studies are required to establish a direct relationship between herpes zoster reactivation and COVID-19 vaccination. Keywords: varicella; herpes; asian skin EN varicella herpes asian skin 3376 3377 2 11/02/21 20211101 NES 211101 ETHICS STATEMENT Informed consent was obtained from patients, for publication of medical images. [Extracted from the article]