Varicella susceptibility and vaccine use among young adults enlisting in the United States Navy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Ryan, Margaret A K ^a   Smith, Tyler C ^a   Honner, William K ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken pox; Military; Varicella; Varicella vaccine

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; CHICKENPOX; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAVY; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037401352     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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