Table 1.

Meningitis caused by the Oka strain of VZV in healthy children vaccinated at ∼1 year of age, diagnosed by PCR on CSF indicating the presence of VZV DNA

Case	Medical condition	Report yr	First author(s)	Reference(s)	ORF(s) tested	Age of patient	Location of zoster rash
1	Neuroblastomaa	2003	Levin	159	62	1 yr	Right thigh
2	Neuroblastomaa	2008	Bryan	158	62	21 mob	Hands, right leg, abdomen
3	Leukemia chemotherapya	2008	Chavez, Galea	154, 72	38, 54	4 yr	Arm
4	Otherwise healthy	2008	Chavez	154	38, 54	4 yrc	Right arm
5	Otherwise healthy	2008	Levin	167	38, 54, 62d	8 yr	Left shoulder
6	Otherwise healthy	2009	Iyer	166	38, 54, 62	9 yr	Left arm
7	Otherwise healthy	2010	Chouliaras, Goulleret	163, 164	62	3 yr	Face (trigeminal)e
8	Otherwise healthy	2011	Han	165	38, 54, 62	7 yr	Right arm, shoulder
9	Otherwise healthy	2011	Pahud	83	38, 54, 62d	12 yr	Neck

^aHealthy when immunized.

^bImmunized at 20 months.

^cImmunized at 32 months.

^dAnd other ORFs.

^eAlso had encephalitis.