Efficacy of postexposure immunization with live attenuated varicella vaccine in the household setting - A pilot study

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-328

  Mor, Meirav ^a   Harel, Liora ^a   Kahan, Ernesto ^b   Amir, Jacob ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Postexposure immunization; Varicella; Varicella vaccine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 7744222349     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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