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Investigation of susceptibility genes for chickenpox disease across multiple continents

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2023
Chickenpox (varicella) is caused by infection with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a neurotropic alpha herpes virus with a double-stranded DNA genome.
Lalu Muhammad Irham, Wirawan Adikusuma, Lolita Lolita, Anisa Nova Puspitaningrum, Arief Rahman Afief, Made Ary Sarasmita, Haafizah Dania, Sabiah Khairi, Gina Noor Djalilah, Barkah Djaka Purwanto, Rocky Cheung   +10 more
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Reassessment of Evidence about Coinfection of Chickenpox and Monkeypox (Mpox) in African Children

Viruses, 2022
In west and central Africa, monkeypox occurs mainly in older children, adolescents and young adults. In two large epidemiology studies of monkeypox outbreaks, the investigators observed a sizable number of coinfections of chickenpox (varicella) and ...
Ola Khallafallah, Charles Grose
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Chickenpox Vaccination: Knowledge and Attitude of Child-Bearing Women of Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2020
 Chickenpox is a common childhood disease which is highly contagious. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that in countries where chickenpox is an important public health burden, chickenpox vaccination should be introduced into their routine ...
K.E. Edje, P.Y. Toloyai, J.C. Mordi, T.M.E. Daubry, E.G. Moke, A.I. Omogbiya, E.E. Samson   +6 more
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A Red Skin in the Setting of Chickenpox: A Rare Report of Eosin Toxicity [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
Abtahi‐Naeini B, Rastegarnasab F, Pourmoghaddas Z, Samani S, Yousefian S, Mirian Z.   +5 more
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New realities of chickenpox

Медицинский совет, 2022
Introduction. The causative agent of chickenpox is ubiquitous. In children, especially with a burdened premorbid background, there is a high incidence of severe forms and complications.Aim.
A. M. Zakirova, N. A. Tambova, E. A. Samorodnova, O. M. Lazareva, N. V. Ivanova   +4 more
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Chickenpox prevention behaviour in the Ras Laffan Industrial City Qatar

South East Asia Nursing Research, 2020
Chickenpox is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the Varicella Zoster virus, characterized by a characteristic eruption on the skin and can affect people of all ages.
Djuhari Djuhari
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Risk Factors For Multiple Sclerosis In Volyn Region (Ukraine) [PDF]

, 2016
The prevalence rate of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Volyn Region (101.0 per 100000) is the highest in Ukraine. To study MS risk factors in Volyn Region, special questionnaires were distributed among all MS patients residing in Volyn region.
Bobryk, N. (Nataliia), Sokolova, L. (Larysa)   +1 more
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Has VZV epidemiology changed in Italy? Results of a seroprevalence study [PDF]

, 2017
The aim of the study was to evaluate if and how varicella prevalence has changed in Italy. In particular a seroprevalence study was performed, comparing it to similar surveys conducted in pre-immunization era.
Amodio E., Angelillo I., Bagordo F., Baldo V., Baldovin T., Bandettini R., Bassetti D., Bassi C., Bella A., Bernardini S., Binda S., Bonanni P., Bordonaro P., Brignole G., Cacello E., Caligiuri P., Casalino P., Castiglia P., Cia M., Cicerchia E., Clerico L., Cracchiolo M., D'Agaro P., De Donno A., Del Manso M., Devoti G., Di Giuseppe G., Ditommaso S., Fazii P., Gabutti G., Gallo T., Gamper A., Giandomenico A. M., Giraldi C., Grasso G., Greco F., Guerra G., Guido M., Idolo A., Kuhdari P., Lupi S., Maglione F., Manchia P., Megha M., Pagani E., Passamonti B., Pellegrinelli L., Pelliccioni A. R., Perrone M., Peruzzi M., Piana A., Primache V., Renzoni C., Resciniti C., Romano P., Rossi P., Rota M. C., Sammarco M. L., Schettini S., Schippa S., Sciuto V., Segat L., Stefanati A., Sticchi L., Tiscione E., Trucchi C., Tumolo M. R., Vallerini M., Vargiu P., Vitale F., Zizza A., Zotti C.   +71 more
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Chickenpox, chickenpox vaccination, and shingles [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2006
AbstractChickenpox in the United Kingdom, where vaccination is not undertaken, has had a stable epidemiology for decades and is a routine childhood illness. Because of vaccination, chickenpox is now a rarity in the USA. In the UK vaccination is not done because introduction of a routine childhood vaccination might drive up the age at which those who ...
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Chickenpox

Pediatric Care Online, 2016
Chickenpox is extremely contagious. Over 90% of unvaccinated people become infected, but infection occurs at different ages in different parts of the world - over 80% of people have been infected by the age of 10 years in the US, the UK, and Japan, and by the age of 20 to 30 years in India, South East Asia, and the West Indies.We conducted a systematic
Judith, Breuer, Helen, Fifer
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