Publications

age-specific incidence of chickenpox.	because licensure of a chickenpox (varicella) vaccine is likely soon, it is important to ascertain the age-specific incidence of chickenpox. increasing vaccine coverage and a resulting decrease in transmission may result in an accumulation of susceptible adults, followed by a shift of incidence into those older age groups in future years. valid baseline age-specific incidence will make it possible to detect this phenomenon. two studies were conducted in kentucky to assess age-specific incidence ...	1994	7800783
varicella exposure in a neonatal intensive care unit: case report and control measures.	forty-six infants in a neonatal intensive care unit and 138 health care workers were exposed to a pediatric medical resident during the prodromal period and the early days of unrecognized varicella. an attempt was made to prevent an outbreak of additional cases by the institution of emergency control measures. these measures included rapid identification of varicella antibody status in exposed neonates, varicella antibody testing of health care workers with unknown or uncertain history of varice ...	1988	2847598