| transmission of a newly characterized strain of varicella-zoster virus from a patient with herpes zoster in a long-term-care facility, west virginia, 2004. | we investigated a small outbreak of varicella in a long-term-care facility after a case of herpes zoster. clinical specimens and environmental samples were collected from all case patients and from surfaces in the case patients' rooms and other common-use areas. wild-type varicella-zoster virus (vzv) dna was identified in all 3 varicella case patients, and high concentrations of vzv dna were detected in environmental samples from the room of the herpes zoster case patient. genotypic analysis sho ... | 2008 | 18260757 |