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The Vascular effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke (VIPS) II study aimed to examine this relationship in the modern era when most children in North America and Australia receive VZV vaccination with live, attenuated virus.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This 22-center prospective cohort study enrolled 205 children (28 days-18 years) with AIS (2017-2022), collected baseline [hyperacute (\u226472 hours; n=194) and acute (4-6 days; n=181)] and convalescent (1-6 weeks; n=74) serum samples. Sites enrolled 95 stroke-free controls with single serum samples. A virology research laboratory measured VZV IgM and IgG titers by an in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Baseline IgG seropositivity indicated prior exposure (vaccination\/infection) and elevated IgM titers indicated recent reactivation.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Median (IQR) age was 11.6 (5.5-15.6) years for cases and 11.8 (6.8-15.3) years for controls. Baseline serologies indicated prior VZV exposure in 198 cases (97%) and all controls. Parents of cases reported VZV vaccination in 160 (78%) and remote chicken pox in three (1.4%). Twenty cases (9.8%) and three controls (3.1%) had serologic evidence of recent VZV reactivation (p=0.06); all had remote VZV exposure (vaccination in 19 cases and all controls) and all were asymptomatic. Recent VZV reactivation was seen in similar proportions in arteriopathic, cardioembolic, and idiopathic stroke. Of 32 cases of FCA, 4 (12.5%) had recent VZV reactivation, versus no cases of arterial dissection (n=10) or moyamoya (n=16).<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Serologic evidence of recent VZV reactivation (\u22481-6 weeks prior to stroke) was present in one in 10 cases of childhood AIS, including those without arteriopathy. Clinically silent VZV reactivation may be a childhood stroke trigger despite widespread vaccination. 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