Safety of the live, attenuated varicella vaccine in pediatric recipients of hematopoietic SCTs

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1602-1606

  Kussmaul, S C ^a   Horn, B N ^a   Dvorak, C C ^a   Abramovitz, L ^a   Cowan, M J ^a   Weintrub, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

live attenuated varicella vaccine; SCT; vaccine safety; VZV

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 78149464579     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.31     Document Type: Article

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