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Outbreak of varicella in a highly vaccinated preschool population

Author(s) -

Jiye Fu,

Juguang Wang,

Jiang Chu,

Rujing Shi,

Tianwei Ma

Publication year - 2015

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.2015.06.003

Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , varicella vaccine , vaccination , pediatrics , rash , incidence (geometry) , chickenpox , population , environmental health , virology , immunology , immunization , virus , physics , antigen , optics

Varicella vaccine is available for private purchase in Beijing, with single dose recommended for children aged ≥12 months before 2013. Despite the success achieved in reducing varicella incidence, varicella outbreaks continued to occur, including in schools and kindergartens among highly vaccinated children. We investigated a varicella outbreak in a preschool with high varicella vaccination coverage in Haidian district, Beijing.

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