| Literature DB >> 16769402 |
Richard Grossberg1, Rafael Harpaz, Elena Rubtcova, Vladimir Loparev, Jane F Seward, D Scott Schmid.
Abstract
A 16-year-old varicella-seronegative resident at a chronic care facility received varicella vaccine; 15 days later he developed severe varicella. Subsequently, a 13-year-old resident and a 39-year-old health care worker developed mild varicella. We demonstrate that vaccine-strain virus was transmitted to both persons, and that transmission included at least 2 variant vaccine strains.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16769402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.01.038
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406