2001
The Effectiveness of the Varicella Vaccine in Clinical Practice
Vázquez M, LaRussa P, Gershon A, Steinberg S, Freudigman K, Shapiro E. The Effectiveness of the Varicella Vaccine in Clinical Practice. New England Journal Of Medicine 2001, 344: 955-960. PMID: 11274621, DOI: 10.1056/nejm200103293441302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaricella-zoster virusVaricella vaccinePolymerase chain reactionMild diseasePediatric practiceClinical practicePositive PCR testCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionPotential casesUnvaccinated childrenPotential confoundersActive surveillanceSevere diseaseChickenpoxDay 3VaccineLogistic regressionPCR testDiseaseChain reactionChildrenResearch assistantsIllnessVirus
2000
Viral strain identification in varicella vaccinees with disseminated rashes
LARUSSA P, STEINBERG S, SHAPIRO E, VAZQUEZ M, GERSHON A. Viral strain identification in varicella vaccinees with disseminated rashes. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2000, 19: 1037-1039. PMID: 11099082, DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200011000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaricella-zoster virusBreakthrough varicellaVaccine strainVaricella vaccineVaccine-strain varicella-zoster virusWild-type VZV infectionLive attenuated varicella vaccineAttenuated varicella vaccineRecipients of vaccineOka vaccine strainDisseminated rashNatural varicellaVesicular rashPostvaccination periodVZV infectionClinical pictureZosteriform rashGeneralized rashSkin lesionsVaccine virusVaricellaRashZosterVaccineesWild-type virus