| seroepidemiology of varicella-zoster virus in bangladesh. | data on the seroprevalence of antibodies protective against the varicella-zoster virus are needed to develop strategies to prevent varicella infections in bangladesh. of 1209 patients evaluated at referral-level health facilities in dhaka, 943 (78%) had no known history of chickenpox and were tested by latex agglutination for the presence of varicella-zoster antibody in serum. forty-one per cent (386) of the 943 specimens tested were negative. seropositivity was highest among neonates (83%), dec ... | 2002 | 12530284 |