Seroprevalence of varicella-zoster virus and predictors for seronegativity in the Amsterdam adult population
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Seroprevalence of varicella-zoster virus and predictors for seronegativity in the Amsterdam adult population
BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is considered a benign common childhood illness and routine vaccination against VZV is not done. In 1995 it was estimated that 98-100% of the adult Dutch general population is immune, yet the estimate is based on a database in which a relative small number of people of non-Dutch ethnic origin were represented. As the cit...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-140