Susceptibility to varicella in childbearing age women, Central Italy: Is there a need for vaccinating this population group?

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 6086-6088

  Alfonsi, Valeria ^a   Montomoli, Emanuele ^b   Manini, Ilaria ^b   Alberini, Isabella ^b   Gentile, Chiara ^b   Rota, Maria Cristina ^a   Ciofi degli Atti, Marta Luisa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childbearing age women; Seroepidemiology; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 34447531821     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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