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Burden of varicella in Latin America and the Caribbean: findings from a systematic literature review

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Varicella is typically mild and self-limiting, but can be associated with complications and even death. The limited data available on varicella in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) indicate substantial burden in countries where varicella ...
Luiza Helena Falleiros Arlant, Maria Catalina Pirez Garcia, Maria L. Avila Aguero, Miguel Cashat, Cintia Irene Parellada, Lara J. Wolfson   +5 more
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Effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Acyclovir in Preventing Neonatal Varicella

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2020
Neonatal varicella mostly results from maternal varicella. The disease can cause presentation ranging from mild symptoms to varicella pneumonia, hepatitis, meningoencephalitis, or fatality.
Waritsara Piyanonpong
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Preventive medicine center and health care for students of medicine and health professions at the Sapienza University of Rome: a research protocol [PDF]

, 2017
This project aims to develop a Center of Preventive Medicine and Health Care for the students of Medicine and Health profession at Sapienza University of Rome. At the beginning of the university career students, both residents and nonresident s, have to
Backhaus, Insa, Chiappetta, Marta, Cocchiara, Rosario, Cottarelli, Alessia, Curini, Roberta, D'Egidio, Valeria, DE GIUSTI, Maria, DEL CIMMUTO, Angela, LA TORRE, Giuseppe, Mannocci, Alice, Marinelli, Lucia, Saulle, Rosella, Sciarra, Iliana, Sernia, Sabina, Sestili, Cristina, Tomassini, Lamberto, Toniolo, Chiara   +16 more
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Modelling Impact of Different Varicella Immunisation Strategies Upon Introduction in the Swedish National Programme

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Countries with varicella immunisation programmes have seen major reductions in disease burden. While two‐dose schedules are now universally adopted, dosing ages vary, and some countries initially include catch‐up vaccination of older children to speed impact. This modelling study assessed three two‐dose schedules in the Swedish setting (1)
Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Frida Kasteng, Annika Ersson, Sören Andersson, Emma Appelqvist, Marie Nordahl, Kari Johansen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with susceptibility to herpes zoster. [PDF]

, 2015
Herpes zoster, commonly referred to as shingles, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV). VZV initially manifests as chicken pox, most commonly in childhood, can remain asymptomatically latent in nerve tissues for many years and often re-emerges as
Armstrong, G, Baldwin, E, Borthwick, KM, Bottinger, E, Burt, A, Carlson, CS, Carrell, DS, Carroll, RJ, Comstock, BA, Crane, PK, Crawford, DC, Crosslin, DR, de Andrade, M, Denny, JC, Doheny, KF, Hanna, DS, Harley, JB, Hayes, MG, Jarvik, GP, Keating, B, Kho, A, Kim, DS, Kuivaniemi, H, Kullo, IJ, Larson, EB, Li, R, McCarty, CA, Mirel, DB, Mukherjee, S, Pacheco, J, Peissig, PL, Pugh, E, Ritchie, MD, Stallings, S, Tromp, G, Underwood, JG, Verma, SS   +36 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, Kari Johansen, Sören Andersson   +2 more
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Health Economic Evaluation of Varicella Vaccination Within the Swedish National Vaccination Programme for Children

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, Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Annika Ersson, Ellen Wolff, Sören Andersson, Kari Johansen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Viruses associated with pneumonia in adults. [PDF]

, 2012
Viral pneumonia, which is typically associated with disease in childhood, is increasingly recognized as causing problems in adults. Certain viruses, such as influenza virus, can attack fully immunocompetent adults, but many viruses take advantage of more-
Cesario, Thomas C
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Genital Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Rare Presentation

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Sunil Jaiswal, Shraddha Uprety, Pratichya Thapa, Aditi Joshi, Prakriti Lamichhane   +4 more
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Are Conscientious Refusal and Conscientious Provision Mutually Exclusive? A Critique of Kelusa and Giubilini's Argument

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article challenges the claim that conscientious refusal and conscientious provision in healthcare are mutually exclusive and thus asymmetrical. While US law protects healthcare providers who refuse to perform medical services on moral or religious grounds, it offers no equivalent protections to those who feel morally compelled to provide ...
Tzofit Ofengenden
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