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Acceptance of varicella vaccination

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Varicella is a common vaccine-preventable disease that usually presents in children as a mild infection; however, severe complications also occur. The burden of varicella is significant in the terms of incidence, complication, and hospitalization rate ...
Andrea Horváth
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Epidemiological characteristics of varicella from 2000 to 2008 and the impact of nationwide immunization in Taiwan

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background Varicella has an important impact on public health. Starting in 2004 in Taiwan, nationwide free varicella vaccinations were given to 1-year-old children. Methods Our study investigated the epidemiological characteristics of varicella from 2000
Chang Luan-Yin, Huang Li-Min, Chang I-Shou, Tsai Fang-Yu   +3 more
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Immunity to chickenpox among school adolescents in Lebanon and options for vaccination

Epidemiology and Infection, 2002
Varicella infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality in adolescents and adults. The primary infection, chickenpox, results in lifelong immunity to chickenpox. A seroprevalence study carried on adolescents 15–18 years of age attending schools in Lebanon showed 96·6% immunity to varicella.
Ghassan Hamadeh, Abdul Rahman Bizri, Souzan W. Steitieh, Iman Nuwayhid, Umayya Musharrafieh   +4 more
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Global impact of varicella vaccination programs

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Although varicella is usually a mild and self-limited disease, complications can occur. In 1998, the World Health Organization recommended varicella vaccination for countries where the disease has a significant public health burden. Nonetheless, concerns
Fernanda Hammes Varela, Leonardo Araújo Pinto, Marcelo Comerlato Scotta   +2 more
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A plain language summary of the impact of vaccines against flu and chickenpox in people with multiple sclerosis treated with cladribine tablets [PDF]

, 2023
Klaus Schmierer
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A POTENTIAL OUTBREAK OF MEASLES AND CHICKENPOX AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2019
In Italy there is currently a measles outbreak among the general population related to insufficient vaccine coverage. Despite the highest infectivity of some diseases, the guidelines released in the National Vaccination Plan recommend basic vaccination ...
Cristina Genovese
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Exploring the relationship between newspaper coverage of vaccines and childhood vaccination rates in Spain

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Background: Despite the effectiveness of vaccines being well established and recognized by the research community, eleven European countries have adopted mandatory vaccination programs because of vaccine hesitancy.
Daniel Catalan-Matamoros, Carmen Peñafiel-Saiz   +1 more
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Chickenpox in a Vaccinated Adult [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019
Paul B Aronowitz, Lisa Chu, Sally Daganzo   +2 more
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Epidemiologic lessons: Chickenpox outbreak investigation in a rural community around Chandigarh, North India

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2011
Purpose: Primary infection with Varicella Zoster virus (VZV) leads to Varicella or chickenpox. The epidemiology of Varicella has changed dramatically since the introduction of the Varicella vaccine in 1995.
Mini Pritam Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Amit Kumar, Amarjeet Singh, Radha Kanta Ratho   +4 more
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Potent and long-lasting humoral and cellular immunity against varicella zoster virus induced by mRNA-LNP vaccine

npj Vaccines
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a highly contagious human herpes virus responsible for causing chickenpox (varicella) and shingles (herpes zoster). Despite the approval of a highly effective vaccine, Shingrix^®, the global incidence of herpes zoster is ...
Anannya Bhattacharya, Lonzaric Jan, Olga Burlak, Jilong Li, Ghanshyam Upadhyay, Katherine Williams, Jinhui Dong, Harrison Rohrer, Michelle Pynn, Andrew Simon, Nathan Kuhlmann, Sergei Pustylnikov, Mariane B Melo, Antu K Dey   +13 more
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