Varicella in non-immune persons: Incidence, hospitalization and mortality rates

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 599-606

  Boelle P Y ^a   Hanslik, T ^b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TIME; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

EID: 0036978311     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268802007720     Document Type: Review

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