A seroprevalence survey on varicella among adults in the vaccination era in Apulia (Italy)

Highlights • Apulia Region in Italy introduced universal routine vaccination (URV) against varicella in 2006. • A seroprevalence survey was carried out 6 years after the introduction of URV. • 93% of Apulian aged 18–65 years was immune to varicella. • The URV did not seem to change the varicella epi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2014-11, Vol.32 (48), p.6544-6547
Hauptverfasser:	Tafuri, S, Gallone, M.S, Cappelli, M.G, Gallone, M.F, Larocca, A.M.V, Germinario, C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Age of infection Aged Allergy and Immunology Applied microbiology Biological and medical sciences Chemiluminescence Chicken pox Chickenpox - epidemiology Chickenpox - prevention & control Chickenpox Vaccine - therapeutic use Confidence intervals Disease Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender Human viral diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Italy - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Microbiology Middle Aged Mortality Population Seroepidemiologic Studies Seroprevalence Studies Teenagers Universal routine vaccination Vaccination - statistics & numerical data 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 Young adults
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Apulia Region in Italy introduced universal routine vaccination (URV) against varicella in 2006. • A seroprevalence survey was carried out 6 years after the introduction of URV. • 93% of Apulian aged 18–65 years was immune to varicella. • The URV did not seem to change the varicella epidemiological pattern among adults.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.08.088