Letter to the Editor: Varicella surveillance: simpler than you think?

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  • Rod Givney Communicable Diseases Control Branch South Australian Department of Human Services

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2003.27.5

Keywords:

varicella zoster virus, surveillance

Abstract

This article contains a letter to the editor in regards to the article ''Surveillance of viral pathogens in Australia: varicella-zoster virus' published in the previous issue of Communicable Diseases Intelligence.

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References

Roche P, Blumer C, Spencer J. Surveillance of viral pathogens in Australia - varicella-zoster virus Commun Dis Intell 2002; 24: 576-580.

Meyer PA, Seward JF, Jumaan AO, Wharton M. Varicella mortality: trends before vaccine licensure in the United States, 1970-1994. J Infect Dis 2000;182:383-390.

Brisson M, Gay NJ, Edmunds WJ, Andrews NJ. Exposure to varicella boosts immunity to herpes zoster: implications for mass vaccination against chickenpox. Vaccine 2002;20:2500-2507.

Chin J ed. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual 17th edition. Washington: American Public Health Association, 2000:92-97.

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Published

30/03/03

How to Cite

Givney, Rod. 2003. “Letter to the Editor: Varicella Surveillance: Simpler Than You Think?”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 27 (March):100-101. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2003.27.5.

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Vol. 27 (2003)

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Letter to the Editor

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