Varicella-zoster immunization in pediatric liver transplant recipients: Safe and immunogenic

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2974-2985

  Posfay Barbe, K M ^a   Pittet, L F ^a,b   Sottas, C ^a,b   Grillet, S ^b   Wildhaber, B E ^a   Rodriguez, M ^a   Kaiser, L ^b   Belli, D C ^a   McLin, V A ^a   Siegrist, C A ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; humoral; immunity; immunosuppression; liver transplantation; T lymphocytes; vaccination; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; APPLICATION SITE VESICLE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECREASED APPETITE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; INJECTION SITE DISCOLORATION; INJECTION SITE INDURATION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE RASH; INJECTION SITE REDNESS; IRRITABILITY; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VOMITING;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868204950     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04273.x     Document Type: Article

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