Effectiveness of 2 doses of varicella vaccine in children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-315

  Shapiro, Eugene D ^a   Vazquez, Marietta ^a   Esposito, Daina ^a   Holabird, Nancy ^a   Steinberg, Sharon P ^b   Dziura, James ^a   LaRussa, Philip S ^b   Gershon, Anne A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79751493271     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq052     Document Type: Article

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