Decreased varicella and increased herpes zoster incidence at a sentinel medical Deputising service in a setting of increasing varicella vaccine coverage in Victoria, Australia, 1998 to 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 41, 2014, Pages

  Kelly, H A ^a,b   Grant, K A ^a   Gidding, H ^c   Carville, K S ^a  

^a PETER DOHERTY INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION AND IMMUNITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84908181348     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.41.20926     Document Type: Article

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