Chickenpox caused more than 10,000 hospitalizations and up to 150 deaths every year before the vaccine was developed. Thankfully, we now have the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine to protect little ...

We commend Krause and Klinman 1 for examining the issue of immunity following varicella vaccination. However, we disagree with the authors conclusions that there is evidence for reactivation of ...

We administered live attenuated varicella vaccine to 187 healthy adults seronegative to varicella-zoster virus (VZV); 176 have been followed at least 2 mos. 121/176 (69%) received 2 doses about 3 ...

However, someone who never had chickenpox or didn’t get the chickenpox vaccine can get the varicella-zoster virus through direct contact with a person who has shingles. An individual who has ...

The incidence of chickenpox has declined with widespread use of live-attenuated varicella vaccine in infants (Journal Watch Feb 22 2002). To assess the vaccine's effectiveness, researchers ...

vaccine or the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) shot, which are often administered to children in two doses when they are between 12 and 15 months and again when they are between four ...

For children, the agency recommends vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV), which also protects against chickenpox. Two children have died in Texas amid an outbreak of the ...

You previously got the older, less effective shingles vaccine, Zostavax, as long as 8 weeks have passed. You don't know if you have already had chickenpox or not. You should not get the Shingrix ...

Background: A quadrivalent measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine would facilitate universal immunization against all 4 diseases, improve compliance and immunization rates and decrease the ...