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The incidence of varicella and herpes zoster in Massachusetts as measured by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) during a period of increasing varicella vaccine coverage, 1998–2003

BACKGROUND: The authors sought to monitor the impact of widespread varicella vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella and herpes zoster. While varicella incidence would be expected to decrease, mathematical models predict an initial increase in herpes zoster incidence if re-exposure to varicella...

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Autores principales: Yih, W Katherine, Brooks, Daniel R, Lett, Susan M, Jumaan, Aisha O, Zhang, Zi, Clements, Karen M, Seward, Jane F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1177968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15960856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-5-68