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New immunization data have been reported by researchers at University of Ferrara
February 4th, 2009
According to a study from Ferrara, Italy, "The epidemiological importance of varicella and zoster and the availability of an efficacious and safe vaccine have led to an important international debate regarding the suitability of mass vaccination. The objective of the study was to describe the epidemiology of varicella and zoster in Italy and to determine whether there have been changes with respect to observations provided by an analogous study conducted 8 years ago, in order to define the most appropriate vaccination strategy." "A number of data sources were evaluated, a cross-sectional population-based seroprevalence study was conducted on samples collected in 2004,...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-02-04)
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