Chickenpox exposure and herpes zoster disease incidence in older adults in the U.S.

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-159

  Chaves, Sandra S ^a   Santibanez, Tammy A ^a   Gargiullo, Paul ^a   Guris, Dalya ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES ZOSTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; AGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INTERVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047263785     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200204     Document Type: Article

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