Notes from the field: Severe varicella in an immunocompromised child exposed to an unvaccinated sibling with varicella - Minnesota, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 541-

  Buttery, Vicki ^a   Bahta, Lynn ^a   Miller, Claudia ^a   Marin, Mona ^b   Kemble, Sarah K ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MINNESOTA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84865003272     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

References (3)

1. Marin M, Zhang JX, Seward JF. Near elimination of varicella deaths in the US after implementation of the vaccination program. Pediatrics 2011;128:214-20.
2. CDC. Prevention of varicella: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 2007; 56(No. RR-4).
3. CDC. FDA approval of an extended period for administering VariZIG for postexposure prophylaxis of varicella. MMWR 2012;61:212.