Society guideline links: Varicella-zoster virus

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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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): Recommendations for routine immunization – Summary tables (2023)

●WHO: Guidelines on the treatment of skin and oral HIV-associated conditions in children and adults (2014)

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

●International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP): Interventional management of neuropathic pain – NeuPSIG recommendations (2013)

Canada

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

•Herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine (2018)

•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 (2020)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on school, child care, and camp exclusion policies for chickenpox – A rational approach (2018)

●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 varicella proof of immunity, 2015 update (published 2016)

United States

●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)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Varicella-zoster virus infections (2021)

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

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

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline for vaccination of the immunocompromised host (ARCHIVED; published 2013)

Europe

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

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

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

●European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS): Guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain, revision (2010)

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): The Green Book

•Varicella (2013, updated 2019)

•Shingles (herpes zoster) (2013, updated 2016)

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

●British Infection Society (BIS): Chickenpox in adults – Clinical management (2008)

Australia–New Zealand

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

•Varicella (chickenpox)

•Zoster (herpes zoster)

Japan

●Japan Pediatric Society (JPS): Vaccination schedule (2018)