| an outbreak of airborne nosocomial varicella. | an outbreak of nosocomial varicella was traced to airborne spread from an immunocompromised child hospitalized from nov 11-19, 1980. seventy potentially susceptible children were hospitalized on the ward during that period. although the index patient remained in strict room isolation throughout his hospital stay, eight of these patients contracted varicella. the afternoon of november 12 was the period of highest risk for acquiring varicella. eight of 36 patients (22%) present that afternoon, com ... | 1982 | 6289235 |
| primary vaccine failure after 1 dose of varicella vaccine in healthy children. | universal immunization of young children with 1 dose of varicella vaccine was recommended in the united states in 1995, and it has significantly decreased the incidence of chickenpox. outbreaks of varicella, however, are reported among vaccinated children. although vaccine effectiveness has usually been 85%, rates as low as 44% have been observed. whether this is from primary or secondary vaccine failure-or both-is unclear. we tested serum samples from 148 healthy children immunized against vari ... | 2008 | 18419532 |