The incidence of varicella and herpes zoster in Massachusetts as measured by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) during a period of increasing varicella vaccine coverage, 1998–2003

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ID15375103
AuthorsW Katherine Yih (0000-0001-5084-2052, Harvard University, corresponding author), Daniel R Brooks (0000-0002-7891-9821), Susan Lett (Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Susan M Lett, Aisha O Jumaan (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), Zi Zhang (0000-0003-4673-1717, Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Karen M Clements (0000-0001-9538-8586, Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Jane F Seward (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Year2005
Volume5
Issue1
Pages68-68
Publication date2005-06-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-5-68
PMID15960856
PMCIDPMC1177968
OpenAlexW1737209335
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

As varicella vaccine coverage in children increased, the incidence of varicella decreased and the occurrence of herpes zoster increased. If the observed increase in herpes zoster incidence is real, widespread vaccination of children is only one of several possible explanations. Further studies are needed to understand secular trends in herpes zoster before and after use of varicella vaccine in the United States and other countries

Antibody · Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Biostatistics · Chickenpox Vaccine · Environmental health · Immunization · Incidence (geometry · Population · Public health · Shingles · Varicella vaccine · Virus · Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology · Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments · Medicine · Vector-borne infectious diseases · Epidemiology · Immunology · Virology

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