Risk of herpes zoster in adults immunized with varicella vaccine

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Hambleton, Sophie ^a,c   Steinberg, Sharon P ^a   LaRussa, Philip S ^a   Shapiro, Eugene D ^b   Gershon, Anne A ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42549096108     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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