Seroprevalence of antibodies against varicella-zoster virus and response to the varicella vaccine in pediatric renal transplant patients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-196

  Do Socorro Souza Chaves, Tânia ^a   Lopes, Marta Heloisa ^a   De Souza, Vanda Akico Ueda Fick ^a   De Sousa Dos Santos, Sigrid ^a   Pereira, Lilian Monteiro ^a   Reis, Alexanda Dias ^a   David Neto, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Renal transplantation; Varicella zoster vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 16444385536     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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