Lack of Association between Age at Varicella Vaccination and Risk of Breakthrough Varicella, within the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program | Zendy

Steve Black | Zendy; Paula Ray | Zendy; Henry R. Shinefield | Zendy; Patricia Saddier | Zendy; Alexander Nikas | Zendy

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Lack of Association between Age at Varicella Vaccination and Risk of Breakthrough Varicella, within the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program

Author(s) -

Steve Black,

Paula Ray,

Henry R. Shinefield,

Patricia Saddier,

Alexander Nikas

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/522124

Subject(s) - varicella vaccine , medicine , vaccination , chickenpox vaccine , chickenpox , pediatrics , logistic regression , age groups , demography , immunization , immunology , virus , antigen , sociology

Varicella vaccine currently is recommended for children between 12 and 18 months of age. However, rates of breakthrough varicella have been reported to be higher among children vaccinated before 14 or 15 months of age and to increase with time since vaccination.

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