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Varicella Outbreak in a Daycare Challenges and Opportunities for Preventing Varicella Outbreaks in this Setting
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Varicella Outbreak in a Daycare Challenges and Opportunities for Preventing Varicella Outbreaks in this Setting

Irini Daskalaki, Rodrerica Thermitus, Dana Perella, Kendra Viner, Niya Spells, Salini Mohanty, Adriana Lopez and Caroline Johnson
The Pediatric infectious disease journal, v 33(4), pp 420-422
01 Apr 2014
PMID: 24136372
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https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000000127View
Published, Version of Record (VoR)Maybe Open Access (Publisher Bronze) Open

Abstract

Immunology Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Pediatrics Science & Technology
As a result of single-dose varicella vaccination, daycare outbreaks have become rare. We investigated a daycare outbreak resulting from a misdiagnosed varicella case in an unvaccinated attendee. Of 25 attendees aged 12-32 months without evidence of immunity, 7 (28%) were unvaccinated due to religious/philosophical opposition or recent 1st birthday. Single-dose vaccination reduced disease by 92% compared with no vaccination.

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Immunology
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Pediatrics
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