Eczema Herpeticum Patients Needed
Have you ever had Eczema Herpeticum?
Eczema herpeticum is a widespread herpes simplex virus infection in a person who already has atopic dermatitis (eczema).
About The Eczema Herpeticum Study
In 1972, U.S. health care providers stopped routinely administering the smallpox vaccine because the world was free of the disease and because of possible risks from the smallpox vaccine itself. Today, however, the possibility exists that an outbreak of smallpox could be caused by a bioterrorist act, which might make smallpox vaccinations necessary again.
The Atopic Dermatitis and Vaccinia Network (ADVN) is a consortium of academic medical centers that are conducting studies to find ways to make smallpox vaccinations safer for people with atopic dermatitis (AD).
The ADVN needs people who have ever had eczema herpeticum . We are seeking individuals 1-80 years old who have atopic dermatitis and who have ever had a widespread herpes virus infection (eczema herpeticum) and/or eczema vaccinatum .
To find out more about the study, please call 1-888-413-5852, contact the ADVN site nearest you, or send an e-mail to LairsmithJ@njc.org.
Financial compensation is available for qualified participants as well as travel money to an ADVN site.
ADVN sites are:
- National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
PI: Donald Leung, MD, PhD, 303-398-1067
- Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
PI: Jon Hanifin, 503-494-2121
- University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
PIs: Rich Gallo, MD, PhD and Tissa Hata, MD, 858-657-8390
PIs: Robert Wood, MD and Kathleen Barnes, PhD, 410-614-5467
Sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Contract # HHSN266200400029C
