Varicella complications and universal immunization
Journal Title: Jornal de Pediatria - Year 2016, Vol 92, Issue 4
Abstract
Varicella is one of the most common infectious diseases, with a worldwide distribution. According to a WHO position paper, the global annual disease burden of varicella is estimated to be 140 million cases.1 Despite the public perception of varicella infection as a harmless childhood affliction, it can be a very serious disease. As Martino Mota & Carvalho-Costa highlight in “Varicella zoster virus related deaths and hospitalizations in Brazil before the introduction of universal vaccination with the tetraviral vaccine,” varicella can cause death or can lead to potentially serious complications, which require hospitalization and eventually long-term sequelae.2
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Elena Bozzola
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- DOI 10.1016/j.jped.2016.05.001
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