Five persons who had had two attacks of zoster were culled from a series of 400 persons with herpes zoster or postzoster neuralgia (incidence, 1.25 percent). The likelihood of a person having an attack of this virus infection is considered to be between 1 and 2 percent. Hence it is possible that an episode of herpes zoster confers only temporary protection against a second attack. These figures indicate that recurrences are uncommon but do appear as often as primary attacks appear in those who never had this condition previously.
在400例带状疱疹或带状疱疹后神经痛患者（发病率为1.25%）中，挑选出5例曾发作过两次带状疱疹的患者。人们认为感染这种病毒的发作几率在1%至2%之间。因此，带状疱疹发作可能仅提供针对第二次发作的临时保护。这些数据表明复发情况并不常见，但在那些之前从未患过此病的人身上，复发的频率与首次发作的频率相当。
