High Rate of Varicella Complications among Mexican‐Born Adults in Alabama
Author(s) -
M. Carolina DanovaroHolliday,
Ely R. Gordon,
Aisha O. Jumaan,
Charles H. Woernle,
Randa H. Judy,
Daniela Schmid,
Jane F. Seward
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/425613
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , pediatrics , chickenpox , outbreak , vaccination , epidemiology , confidence interval , disease , young adult , pneumonia , demography , immunology , gerontology , virology , virus , sociology
Our study examines risk factors for severe varicella in an outbreak among Mexican-born adults, and it compares susceptibility to infection and reliability of self-reported varicella history for these individuals with that for adults born in the United States in the outbreak locale, which may guide vaccination strategies.
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