Evaluation of the effect of chickenpox vaccination on shingles epidemiology using agent-based modeling [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Biological interactions between varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles), two diseases caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), continue to be debated including the potential effect on shingles cases following the introduction of
Ellen Rafferty +4 more
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The Incidence of Chickenpox in Penal Institution of the Lipetsk Region
Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2020 Relevance. Chickenpox is one of the most common infections in Russia and retains a stable 2–3 place in the structure of infectious morbidity. The conditions of the closed adult community in the institutions of the penal correction system pose high risks ...
S. V. Provotorova
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Chickenpox at Ninety Four: A Case for Extending the Use of Varicella Vaccine in the UK
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 A case of chickenpox in a 94-year-old female is described. Serological tests for Varicella zoster virus (VZV) performed on early and late serum samples confirmed primary VZV infection.
Justin Bendig, Fiona Sindall
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Early-onset primary antibody deficiency resembling common variable immunodeficiency challenges the diagnosis of Wiedeman-Steiner and Roifman syndromes [PDF]
, 2017 Syndromic primary immunodeficiencies are rare genetic disorders that affect both the immune system and other organ systems. More often, the immune defect is not the major clinical problem and is sometimes only recognized after a diagnosis has been made ...
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), and in infants, adolescents, adults, pregnant women, and the immunocompromised it can be serious. The best way to prevent chickenpox is immunization with the
Francesco Paolo Bianchi +4 more
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Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2020 Objective: To assess the number of cases and the profile of hospitalizations from varicella after the introduction of the measles, mumps, rubella and varicella combination vaccine in the public health system.
Isabella Cristina Tristão Pinto +7 more
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Incidence of varicella in children in Jeju-do, Korea, 2005-2016: age-period-cohort analysis [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2018 OBJECTIVES Although the nationwide inoculation rate of varicella vaccine was approximately 95% in Korean children recently, the number of notified varicella cases is unexpectedly continuously increasing till now. To suggest some hypotheses regarding this
Jinhee Kim, Ji-Eun Kim, Jong-Myon Bae
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Current Methods for the Detection of Antibodies of Varicella-Zoster Virus: A Review
Microorganisms, 2023 Infection with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, which lead to significant morbidity and mortality globally. The detection of serum VZV-specific antibodies is important for the clinical diagnosis and sero-epidemiological ...
Dequan Pan, Wei Wang, Tong Cheng
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PEPtalk2: results of a pilot randomised controlled trial to compare VZIG and aciclovir as postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) against chickenpox in children with cancer. [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE: To determine the likely rate of patient randomisation and to facilitate sample size calculation for a full-scale phase III trial of varicella zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) and aciclovir as postexposure prophylaxis against chickenpox in children
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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 ...
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