Secular trends of chickenpox among military population in Israel in relation to introduction of varicella zoster vaccine 1979-2010

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1303-1307

  Mimouni, Daniel ^a,b,c   Levine, Hagai ^a,d   Ferber, Anat Tzurel ^a   Rajuan Galor, Inbal ^a   Huerta Hartal, Michael ^a  

^a Israeli Defense Forces   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Epidemiology; Seasonality; Vaccination policy; Vaccine; Varicella zoster virus; Young adult

Indexed keywords

VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CIVILIAN POPULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOLDIER; TREND STUDY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

CHICKENPOX; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; VACCINATION POLICY; VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880685013     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.23943     Document Type: Article

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