Presumptive varicella vaccination is warranted in Greek adolescents lacking a history of disease or household exposure

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-25

  Katsafadou, Alexandra ^a   Kallergi, Konstantina ^a   Ferentinos, George ^b   Goulioti, Theodora ^a   Foustoukou, Maria ^a   Papaevangelou, Vassiliki ^c  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Health Center Psahna   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; History; Immunisation; Serotesting; Vaccine; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXPOSURE; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VACCINATION; VARICELLA VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 57049185875     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0701-6     Document Type: Article

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