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Immunization
Researchers from University of Michigan describe findings in immunization
January 14th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "With childhood varicella vaccination in the United States have come concerns that the incidence of herpes zoster may increase, because of diminishing natural exposure to varicella and consequent reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus. We wanted to estimate the rate of herpes zoster-related hospitalizations and the associated hospital charges before and during the promotion of varicella vaccination in the United States." "A retrospective study of patients from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the years 1993-2004 who were hospitalized due to herpes zoster infection. We searched for diagnoses of herpes zoster...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-01-14)
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