The impact of the universal infant varicella immunization strategy on Canadian varicella-related hospitalization rates

Highlights • Aggregate level study examining the effects of varicella vaccine on population. • Varicella-related hospitalization rates declined in nearly all ages across Canada. • Evidence of decreased circulation of varicella disease across Canadian population. • Canada's National Immunization...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2013-10, Vol.31 (42), p.4744-4748
Hauptverfasser:	Waye, Arianna, Jacobs, Philip, Tan, Ben
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult adults Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Allergy and Immunology Applied microbiology Biological and medical sciences Canada Chicken pox Chickenpox - epidemiology Chickenpox - prevention & control Chickenpox Vaccine - administration & dosage Chickenpox Vaccine - immunology Child Child, Preschool children Children & youth Ecological studies Effectiveness Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Herd immunity Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitalization rates Human viral diseases Humans Immunization Immunization Programs Infant Infant, Newborn Infants Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Microbiology Middle Aged Population Provinces Public health vaccination Vaccination - utilization Vaccine Vaccines Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects) Varicella Viral diseases Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Aggregate level study examining the effects of varicella vaccine on population. • Varicella-related hospitalization rates declined in nearly all ages across Canada. • Evidence of decreased circulation of varicella disease across Canadian population. • Canada's National Immunization Strategy has been effective in reducing varicella disease.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.022