Varicella-related mortality in California, 1988-2000

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 498-503

  McCoy, Lucie ^a,c   Sorvillo, Frank ^a,b   Simon, Paul ^a,b  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Epidemiology; Mortality; Surveillance; Vaccine; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 3042693942     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000129684.27717.d6     Document Type: Article

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