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Background: Herpes zoster can be caused by endogenous reactivation of both wild-type virus or vaccine varicella-zoster virus (VZV) becoming latent within sensory ganglia after natural primary infection or varicella vaccination. Objectives: To demonstrate molecular biological methods for reliable discrimination between wild-type VZV and vaccine strain Oka by an example of zoster in a vaccinated girl...