An outbreak of varicella among schoolchildren in Taipei

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lai, Chao Chih ^a   Chen, Szu Ching ^b   Jiang, Donald Dah Shyong ^c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Liyuan Elementary School   (Taiwan)

^c Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VACCINATION;

CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 79953884108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-226     Document Type: Article

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