Varicella Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Community Transmission in the 2-Dose Era
Author(s) -
Dana Perella,
Chengbin Wang,
Rachel Civen,
Kendra Viner,
Karen Kuguru,
Irini Daskalaki,
D. Scott Schmid,
Adriana Lopez,
Hung Fu Tseng,
E. Claire Newbern,
Laurene Mascola,
Stephanie R. Bialek
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2015-2802
Subject(s) - medicine , varicella vaccine , vaccination , chickenpox vaccine , confidence interval , pediatrics , immunization , logistic regression , chickenpox , varicella zoster virus , immunology , virus , antibody
We examined overall and incremental effectiveness of 2-dose varicella vaccination in preventing community transmission of varicella among children aged 4 to 18 years in 2 active surveillance sites. One-dose varicella vaccine effectiveness (VE) was examined in those aged 1 to 18 years.
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