Society guideline links: Varicella-zoster virus

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in persons with HIV" and "Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents" and "Society guideline links: Immunizations in adults".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Position paper on varicella and herpes zoster vaccines (2014)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide

•Herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine (2018, updated 2023)

•Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine (2016, updated 2018)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely order nucleic acid amplification testing on cerebrospinal fluid (eg, herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, enteroviruses) in patients without a compatible clinical syndrome (2022)

●National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on updated recommendations on the use of herpes zoster vaccines (2018)

●NACI: Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on updated recommendations for the use of varicella zoster immune globulin (VarIg) for the prevention of varicella in at-risk patients (2016)

●NACI: Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on varicella proof of immunity, 2015 update (published 2016)

United States

●Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Clinical overview of chickenpox (varicella) – For health care providers

●CDC: Clinical overview of shingles (herpes zoster) – For health care providers

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Vaccine recommendations and guidelines

•MMRV vaccine recommendations (measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella)

•Varicella vaccine recommendations

•Zoster (shingles) vaccine recommendations

•Adult immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 19 years or older, United States (2024)

•Child and adolescent immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2024)

●US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Federally approved clinical practice guidelines for HIV/AIDS

•Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV – Varicella-zoster virus disease (2024)

•Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in children with and exposed to HIV – Varicella-zoster virus (2019)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Varicella-zoster virus infections (2024)

●American Society of Transplantation (AST): Guidelines on varicella zoster virus in solid organ transplantations (2019)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on cytomegalovirus, parvovirus B19, varicella zoster, and toxoplasmosis in pregnancy (2015)

Europe

●European Dermatology Forum (EDF) and European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV): European consensus-based (S2k) guideline on the management of herpes zoster – Part 1: Diagnosis (2016)

●EDF and EADV: European consensus-based (S2k) guideline on the management of herpes zoster – Part 2: Treatment (2016)

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Guidance on varicella vaccination in the European Union (2015)

United Kingdom

●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease

•Shingles (herpes zoster) (2013, updated 2024)

•Varicella (2013, updated 2019)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Green-top guideline on chickenpox in pregnancy (2015)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook

•Varicella (chickenpox) (2023)

•Zoster (herpes zoster) (2023)