Impact of 2-dose vaccination on varicella epidemiology: Connecticut - 2005-2008

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-512

  Kattan, Jessica A ^a,b   Sosa, Lynn E ^b   Bohnwagner, Heather D ^b   Hadler, James L ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

^c Connecticut Emerging Infections Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751494753     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq081     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep 2007; 56:1-40.
2. Galil K, Brown C, Lin F, Seward J. Hospitalizations for varicella in the United States, 1988 to 1999. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002; 21:931-5.
3. Meyer PA, Seward JF, Jumaan AO, Wharton M. Varicella mortality: Trends before vaccine licensure in the United States, 1970-1994. J Infect Dis 2000; 182:383-90.
4. Nguyen HQ, Jumaan AO, Seward JF. Decline in mortality due to varicella after implementation of varicella vaccination in the United States. N Engl J Med 2005; 352:450-8. (Pubitemid 40175971)
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep 1996; 45:1-36.
6. Seward JF, Watson BM, Peterson CL, et al. Varicella disease after introduction of varicella vaccine in the United States, 1995-2000. JAMA 2002; 287:606-11.
7. Zhou F, Harpaz R, Jumaan AO, Winston CA, Shefer A. Impact of varicella vaccination on health care utilization. JAMA 2005; 294:797-802. (Pubitemid 41175722)
8. Sosa LE, Hadler JL. Epidemiology of varicella in Connecticut, 2001-2005. J Infect Dis 2008; 197:S90-3.
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Estimated vaccination coverage with individual vaccines and selected vaccination series among children 19-35 months of age by state US, National Immunization Survey, Q1/2002-Q4/2002. Atlanta: CDC, 2003. http://www2a.cdc.gov/nip/cove rage/nis/nis-iap.asp?fmt= v&rpt=tab3-antigen-state&qtr=Q1/2002-Q4/2002. Accessed 17 December 2010.
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Estimated vaccination coverage with individual vaccines and selected vaccination series among children 19-35 months of age by state and local area US, National Immunization Survey, Q1/2008-Q4/2008. Atlanta: CDC, 2009. http://www2a.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/nis/nis- iap2.asp?fmt=v&rpt=tab 02-antigen-iap&qtr=Q1/2008-Q4/2008. Accessed 17 December 2010.
11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Estimated vaccination coverage with selected vaccines among adolescents aged 13-17 years by state and selected local areas - National Immunization Survey-Teen, United States, 2008. Atlanta: CDC, 2009. http://www2a.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/nisteen/nis-iap.asp?fmt= v&rpt=tab02-iap&qtr=Q1/2008-Q4/2008. Accessed 17 December 2010.
12. Connecticut Department of Public Health. Annual population estimates data. http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3132&q=388156. Accessed 17 December 2010.
13. Connecticut Department of Public Health. National Center for Health Statistics state-level age, sex, race, and Hispanic ethnicity estimates. http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3132&q=388152. Accessed 17 December 2010.
14. Chaves SS, Gargiullo P, Zhang JX, et al. Loss of vaccine-induced immunity to varicella over time. N Engl J Med 2007; 356:1121-9. (Pubitemid 46425596)
15. Kuter B, Matthews H, Shinefield H, et al. Ten year follow-up of healthy children who received one or two injections of varicella vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004; 23:132-7. (Pubitemid 38222785)