[HTML][HTML] Varicella control and vaccine coverage: issues and challenges

T Wallington, E Weir - CMAJ, 2002 - Can Med Assoc
A 16-year-old girl who was 4 months pregnant was seen at a hospital in Kenya. She
presented with a 3-day history of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Examination …

Varicella vaccination in India's universal immunisation program–is it time?

V Mahajan, P Kaur, C Azad - Tropical Doctor, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We report two representative cases of complicated varicella in immunocompetent children
highlighting the significant vaccine preventable varicella burden in the Indian population. A …

Immunogenicity and safety of a live attenuated varicella vaccine in healthy Indian children aged 9-24 months

A Ramkissoon, HM Coovadia, P Jugnundan… - South African Medical …, 1995 - ajol.info
Objectives. To investigate the safety of live attenuated varicella vaccine (aka strain) and the
optimal virus titre/dose required for immunogenicity in healthy South African children …

Congenital and neonatal varicella: impact of the national varicella vaccination programme in Australia

G Khandaker, H Marshall, E Peadon… - Archives of disease in …, 2011 - adc.bmj.com
Objective Routine varicella zoster vaccination for children aged 18 months began in
Australia from November 2005. The aim of this study was to compare the current incidence …

Varicella and varicella vaccination: an update

J Litt, M Burgess - Australian family physician, 2003 - search.informit.org
BACKGROUND: Although varicella is generally mild in children, it is often more severe in
adults and overall is responsible for approximately 2000 hospital admissions each year in …

[HTML][HTML] Susceptibility for varicella and factors associated with immunity among pregnant women in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka-a cross-sectional study

IP Premathilake, P Aluthbaduge, CP Senanayake… - BMC Infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Varicella during pregnancy can lead to serious maternal and fetal
consequences. Although an effective vaccine is available it is not incorporated in to the …

Congenital and neonatal varicella in Australia

S Handysides - Weekly releases (1997–2007), 1997 - eurosurveillance.org
The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) is conducting a study to estimate the
incidence and severity of congenital and neonatal varicella and the potential benefits of …

[PDF][PDF] Has the time come for universal varicella (chicken pox) vaccination In New Zealand

T Walls, E Wilson - NZ Med J, 2010 - researchgate.net
In New Zealand it is generally accepted that varicella is a universal childhood illness, a
necessary evil that is troublesome but usually benign. Those of us who work in hospital …

Varicella vaccination in Australia and New Zealand

KK Macartney, MA Burgess - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Varicella-zoster virus has been responsible for a significant disease burden, including
hospitalizations and deaths in Australia and New Zealand. Varicella vaccine has been …

Prospective surveillance of hospitalisations associated with varicella in N ew Z ealand children

SCH Wen, E Best, T Walls, N Dickson… - … of Paediatrics and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Varicella is a vaccine‐preventable disease not notifiable in N ew Z ealand (NZ), and
varicella vaccine is not funded in the N ational I mmunisation S chedule (NIS) …