Varicella susceptibility and validity of history among U.S. Coast Guard recruits: An outbreak-based study

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 404-407

  Zimmerman, Laura ^a   Fajardo, Mario ^b   Seward, Jane ^a   Ludwig, Sharon ^b   Johnson, Joyce ^b   Wharton, Melinda ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038300316     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.5.404     Document Type: Article

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