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Characteristics of chickenpox in children and adults at a tertiary health center in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina [PDF]
Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2012 Introduction: Chickenpox is very contagious childhood disease, which occurs due to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) primaryinfection. Disease in healthy children resolves usually without complications, but risk of complication is much higherin adults and ...
Rusmir Baljic +6 more
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Rationale for Recommending Varicella Vaccination Into the Swedish National Immunisation Programme
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Under Swedish law, a vaccination may be included in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) if it effectively prevents transmission in the population, is cost‐effective and aligns with ethical and humanitarian principles. The Public Health Agency of Sweden (PHAS) evaluated these criteria for introducing varicella vaccination. Methods The
Annika Ersson +2 more
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Simultaneous Onset of Chickenpox and Scarlet Fever: a Case Report
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2012 Introduction: Chickenpox is a contagious febrile illness with rash that is caused by varicella zoster virus. Most children up to age 15 are infected with the virus. Scarlet fever is caused by erythrogenic toxin of streptococcus group A and usually causes
M Karimi
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Genital Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Rare Presentation
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Sunil Jaiswal +4 more
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To assess the cost‐effectiveness of including varicella vaccination in the Swedish national vaccination programme for children together with the added impact of catch‐up vaccination of susceptible older children. Methods An epidemiological transmission model was used to assess the cost‐effectiveness of a two‐dose national varicella ...
Frida Kasteng +5 more
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Opinions of Quebec Parents and Vaccinators on the Usefulness of Chickenpox Vaccine
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001 BACKGROUND: A chickenpox vaccine was recently licensed in Canada. Because this vaccine has caused some controversy within the health care profession, studies among Quebec parents and vaccine providers were carried out, surveying their opinions concerning
Nicole Boulianne +7 more
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ADIE SYNDROME AS A COMPLICATION OF CHICKENPOX
Детские инфекции (Москва), 2018 Adie syndrome is a rare complication of chickenpox, which is seen in female mainly up to 6 years of age, one week after vesicular rash appearance.Aim: to introduce a case report of Adie syndrome as a complication of chickenpox.Material and methods: a ...
I. T. Todorov +2 more
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Existence of periodic solutions for the periodically forced SIR model [PDF]
, 2013 We prove that the seasonally-forced SIR model with a T-periodic forcing has a periodic solution with period T whenever the basic reproductive number R0>1. The proof uses the Leray-Schauder degree theory.
Katriel, Guy
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A Personalised Vaccination Program Based on Immune Reconstitution in Paediatric Cancer Survivors
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims Paediatric cancer survivors often experience treatment‐induced immunosuppression, requiring post‐treatment revaccination. However, immune recovery timelines vary, and current revaccination guidelines, largely based on data of varied quality derived from studies on acute‐lymphoblastic‐leukaemia (ALL), may not be applicable across all ...
Menucha Jurkowicz +17 more
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Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2012 Introduction: The incidence of chickenpox in Singapore is steadily increasing despite the availability of effective preventive measures. To address the need for improvement in public education, a survey was conducted to establish if differences exist ...
Ernest Weisheng Ho MBBS +3 more
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