Publications

thomas huckle weller md: nobel laureate and research pioneer in poliomyelitis, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, rubella, and other infectious diseases.	in 1954, the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to drs john enders, thomas weller, and frederick robbins for their watershed discovery that growth of poliomyelitis virus occurred in cultures of cells of extraneural origin, first reported in 1949. their demonstration in 1949 that the lansing type ii strain of poliomyelitis could be grown in cultures of human embryonic tissue set into motion a race to develop a vaccine for the disease that had crippled countless thousands of individuals. the dis ...	2002	12118846
varicella vaccination of children in the united states: assessment after the first decade 1995-2005.	live attenuated varicella vaccine (strain oka) was approved for administration to healthy children in the united states in 1995. over the past 10 years, varicella vaccine has been given to millions of children, usually at ages between 12 and 18 months. in states such as california, michigan, and texas, there has been a marked decline in the number of reported cases of varicella. furthermore, there has been a 75% decrease in varicella-related hospitalizations across the united states, as well as ...	2005	15911422
notes from the field: varicella outbreak associated with riding on a school bus - muskegon county, michigan, 2015.	on december 3, 2015, public health-muskegon county (phmc) in michigan was notified by a local kindergarten-grade 2 school that a student aged 8 years (the index patient) had been sent home because of a rash suspected to be varicella (chickenpox); the rash had not been observed the previous day. investigation by phmc revealed that the student was one of five siblings in household a, none of whom had a history of having received any immunizations. during the preceding month the index patient's two ...	2016	27606936