Epidemic Varicella Zoster Virus among University Students, India

We investigated a yearlong varicella zoster virus outbreak in a highly susceptible young adult population at a large university in India. Outbreaks of varicella infection among adults are not well described in the literature. Infection control measures and vaccination policy for this age group and s...

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Autores principales: Meyers, Josh, Logaraj, Muthunarayanan, Ramraj, Balaji, Narasimhan, Padmanesan, MacIntyre, C. Raina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170659
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author Meyers, Josh
Logaraj, Muthunarayanan
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spelling pubmed-57828842018-02-07 Epidemic Varicella Zoster Virus among University Students, India Meyers, Josh Logaraj, Muthunarayanan Ramraj, Balaji Narasimhan, Padmanesan MacIntyre, C. Raina Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated a yearlong varicella zoster virus outbreak in a highly susceptible young adult population at a large university in India. Outbreaks of varicella infection among adults are not well described in the literature. Infection control measures and vaccination policy for this age group and setting are needed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5782884/ /pubmed/29350152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.170659 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_short Epidemic Varicella Zoster Virus among University Students, India
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