(Gold, 1966;Joncas et al., 1968;Djupesland et al., 1976;Hotson and Pedley, 1976). The VZ antigen has been demonstrated in CSF cells in one case of herpes zoster meningitis (Shoji et al., 1976).As CNS involvement in herpes zoster is not infrequent, and morbidity and mortality are not