Serotesting versus presumptive varicella vaccination of adolescents with a negative or uncertain history of chickenpox

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-29

  Harel, Zeev ^a,b   Ipp, Lisa ^a   Riggs, Suzanne ^a,b   Vaz, Rosalind ^a,b   Flanagan, Patricia ^a,b  

^a HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Varicella serotesting; Varicella vaccine

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DRUG COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035192251     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(00)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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