Pick any adult out of a crowd. The odds that they have had chickenpox are pretty good. But those odds are changing now that we have thechickenpox vaccine. What Is the Chickenpox Vaccine? The chickenpox vaccine is a shot that can protect nearly anyone who receives the vaccine from catching ...
Single-antigen varicella vaccine also is recommended for all people ≥ 13 years who do not have evidence of immunity to varicella (see CDC: Adult Immunization Schedule by Age.) Evidence of immunity consists of one of the following: Documentation of 2 doses of varicella vaccine given ≥ 4 week...
predict the number of cases of varicella, but to examine some possible consequences of introducing a vaccine into the routine immunization schedule of preschool children in the United States, effects of different vaccination strategies, and the benefits of a temporary catch-up program for older ...
Disseminated varicella zoster virus infection in adult renal transplant recipients: outcome and risk factors. Transplant Proc. 2012;44(9):2814–2817. doi:10.1016/j. transproceed.2012.09.090 24. Zorzoli E, Pica F, Masetti G, Franco E, Volpi A, Gabutti G. Herpes zoster in frail elderly ...
The CDC Web site (www.cdc.gov) is also a valuable and readily available resource for all vaccine-related questions and will have the latest child and adult vaccine schedules. * Varicella zoster (provisional) The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP...
The risk of death from varicella is much higher (25- to 174-fold) in adults than in children [17,61]. As in children, the majority of adult deaths from varicella occur in previously healthy individuals, although underlying medical conditions, often immune suppression, contribute to a fatal ou...
The risk of death from varicella is much higher (25- to 174-fold) in adults than in children [17,61]. As in children, the majority of adult deaths from varicella occur in previously healthy individuals, although underlying medical conditions, often immune suppression, contribute to a fatal ou...