Specificity of skin test with varicella-zoster virus antigen in varicella-zoster and herpes simplex virus infections.
AUTOR(ES)
Baba, K
RESUMO
Specificity of the skin test with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) antigen was examined in guinea pigs infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 or VZV and in children with a history of HSV infection who developed varicella. Infected guinea pigs responded positively only to homologous virus. No cross-reaction between HSV and VZV was detected in the skin test, as well as in the neutralization test in infected guinea pigs, suggesting that the VZV skin test is specific for immunity to VZV infection. Twelve children were infected with HSV during an HSV epidemic and subsequently developed varicella in institutional settings. During the 2.5-month period between the HSV and VZV infections, the immune status of the children to VZV was negative both in the skin test and in the antibody test, although antibody to HSV was detected by an immune adherence hemagglutination test. After VZV infection, all responded positively both in the skin test and in the antibody test (immune adherence hemagglutination test) to VZV. These results suggest that the VZV skin test is specific for immunity to VZV infection, not cross-reactive to HSV infection in humans. This specificity will be of value in screening susceptibility or immunity to VZV, irrespective of prior HSV infection.
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