Immunity to varicella zoster virus among young adults: a decline prior to widespread uptake of varicella vaccines.
The epidemiology of chickenpox in Israel is changing, mainly due to the increasing - but not universal - uptake of varicella vaccine. We conducted a seroprevalence study of varicella zoster virus (VZV) antibodies among 536 Israeli military recruits 18 years of age, on the basis of a representative s...
| Publicado en: | Infection Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 130 - 135 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2008
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