Schuster V, Hofmann G, Pannenbecker J, Kreth H W
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Würzburg, Germany.
Acta Paediatr. 1994 Jul;83(7):783-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13141.x.
We describe a three-year-old boy with congenital varicella syndrome. Persistent IgG antibodies to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) were detected in the child's sera for a period of more than three years. Immunological studies performed at three months and at three years of age showed a VZV-specific cellular immune response. The results suggest that intrauterine VZV infections in early pregnancy can induce adequate humoral and cellular immune reactions in the infected foetus.