Comparison of varicella history with presence of varicella antibody in refugees

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 31-32, 2004, Pages 4233-4237

  Christiansen, Demian ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4944266956     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.04.024     Document Type: Article

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