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Chickenpox Appearing in Previously Vaccinated Individuals [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2009
Chicken pox is an acute, highly infectious disease caused by varicella- zoster virus. It occurs primarily among children under ten years of age. One attack gives durable immunity and second attacks are rare [1]. Varicella vaccine (OKA strain) is available in the Indian market.
V, Suryam, A L, Das
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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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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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The impact of the demographic transition on dengue in Thailand: Insights from a statistical analysis and mathematical modeling [PDF]

, 2009
Background: An increase in the average age of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases has been reported in Thailand. The cause of this increase is not known.
A Nisalak, Aidan McDermott, Ananda Nisalak, BT Grenfell, C Torrence, CP Farrington, D Schenzle, DAT Cummings, DAT Cummings, DB Fischer, Derek A. T. Cummings, DJD Earn, Donald S. Burke, DS Burke, GN Malavige, H Muench, HJ Wearing, Jeremy Farrar, JR Williams, Justin T. Lessler, K Kongsomboon, KT Thai, MG Guzman, N Ferguson, NM Ferguson, O Chareonsook, O Wichmann, P Manfredi, R Reves, Richard G. Jarman, RM Anderson, Robert V. Gibbons, Rungnapa Prasanthong, SB Halstead, SB Halstead, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, TP Endy, Y Nagao, Y Nagao   +38 more
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Varicella paediatric hospitalisations in Belgium : a 1-year national survey [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Varicella universal vaccination (UV) has been implemented in many countries for several years. Nevertheless, varicella UV remains debated in Europe and few data are available on the real burden of infection.
Belgian Group for Varicella, the, Blumental, Sophie, Lepage, Philippe, Sabbe, Martine, Schelstraete, Petra   +4 more
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Clinical features of varicella-zoster virus infection [PDF]

, 2018
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a pathogenic human herpes virus that causes varicella (chickenpox) as a primary infection, following which it becomes latent in peripheral ganglia.
Gershon, Anne A., Kennedy, Peter G.E.
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The reform of the Italian legislation on childhood immunization [PDF]

, 2018
Upon the proposal of the Italian government, Law n. 191/2017 has been enacted, meant to considerably raise the number of mandatory vaccinations, while leaving several others merely "recommended" (non-mandatory).
Cocchiara, Rosario Andrea, La Torre, Giuseppe, Marinelli, Enrico, Montanari Vergallo, Gianluca, Zaami, Simona   +4 more
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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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Chinese immigrant parents' vaccination decision making for children: A qualitative analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Background: While immunization coverage rates for childhood routine vaccines in Hong Kong are almost 100%, the uptake rates of optional vaccines remain suboptimal.
Fielding, Richard, Lam, Wendy W T, Liao, Qiuyan, Wang, Linda Dl, Wu, Joseph T.   +4 more
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Digital Epidemiology Reveals Global Childhood Disease Seasonality and the Effects of Immunization [PDF]

, 2016
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We would like to thank Fernando Gonzalez-Dominguez and Gilberto Vaughan for providing the chicken pox case reports from Mexico, and the Estonia Health Board, Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control, for Estonian ...
Bakker, Kevin M., Helm, Barbara, Martinez-Bakker, Micaela Elvira, Stevenson, Tyler J.   +3 more
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