seroepidemiologic survey of varicella: value of specific fluorescent antibody test. | the sensitive varicella-zoster fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen (v-z fama) test was used in a seroepidemiologic survey of two outbreaks of varicella involving 30 children. the attack rate of varicella based on clinical observations alone was 60%. the attack rate based on clinical and serological observations lay between 78% and 82%, after excluding those children who had detectable antibody at the time of exposure. no subclinical varicella infection was observed in this small series of p ... | 1975 | 172853 |
a varicella-zoster immunization certification form for hospital employees. | | 1986 | 3017879 |
zoster, reinfection or activation of latent virus? observations on the antibody response. | | 1970 | 4320119 |
varicella vaccination for healthcare workers at a university hospital: an analysis of costs and benefits. | to demonstrate the costs and benefits of vaccinating varicella-susceptible healthcare workers at a university hospital with live, attenuated varicella-zoster virus vaccine. | 1997 | 9181396 |
varicella-zoster virus infection in children with underlying human immunodeficiency virus infection. | this article describes a prospective longitudinal study of varicella-zoster virus (vzv) infections in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected children, designed to determine their natural history of vzv infection and possible effects of vzv on the progression of hiv infection. varicella was usually not a serious acute problem, and it did not seem to precede clinical deterioration. the rate of zoster was high: 70% in children with low levels of cd4+ lymphocytes at the time of development of v ... | 1997 | 9395360 |
lasting immunity to varicella in doctors study (l.i.v.i.d. study). | | 1998 | 9591824 |
seroprevalence of varicella antibodies among new house officers. | varicella, an illness common to children, can occur in nonimmune adults, often causing serious morbidity and mortality. house officers without protective titers to varicella are at risk of contracting the disease and may spread it to the patients they serve. they are also subject to significant losses in work time and wages. accordingly, in august 1996, the centers for disease control and prevention recommended vaccinating nonimmune health care providers with the varicella vaccine. we also sough ... | 1999 | 10216327 |
varicella-zoster infection in hodgkin's disease: clinical and epidemiological aspects. | | 1965 | 14338296 |
laboratory confirmation of generalized vaccinia following smallpox vaccination. | the reinitiation of smallpox vaccination has renewed interest in implementing modern diagnostic methods to assess orthopoxvirus infection and adverse events following vaccination. we report here the laboratory confirmation of vaccinia virus in pustular lesions of a healthy adult vaccinee by use of a two-tier algorithm incorporating taqman pcr and electron microscopy. | 2004 | 15004124 |
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 |
molecular detection of viral causes of encephalitis and meningitis in new york state. | the etiology of encephalitis and meningitis, serious diseases of the central nervous system (cns), in most cases remains unknown. the importance of establishing a diagnosis however, becomes even more important as advances are made in effective therapy. molecular methods of detection, in particular, pcr, are being used routinely and have established a place in the arsenal of tools for diagnosis of cns infections. in this study a viral etiological agent was detected by pcr in 340 of the total 2,35 ... | 2011 | 22012726 |