Open AccessChickenpox complications in Saudi Arabia: Is it time for routine varicella vaccination?
Author(s) -
Maha Almuneef,
Ziad A. Memish,
Hanan H. Balkhy,
Badriyah S. Alotaibi,
Magda Helmy
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.02.008
Subject(s) - medicine , chickenpox , pediatrics , case fatality rate , pneumonia , surgery , epidemiology , virus , immunology
Varicella zoster (chickenpox) infection is a common and benign disease of childhood. The predominance of uncomplicated cases in children tends to overshadow the morbidity associated with severe cases and the resultant hospitalization.
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