Shingles and the Vaccine to Prevent It
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Vaccination to prevent varicella and shingles.
Vaccination of healthy children against varicella using the live attenuated Oka vaccine has been available in Japan and south Korea for several years. In 1996, a programme of universal vaccination of children to prevent varicella was introduced in the USA and other countries, including Canada, Germany, and Sweden, have licensed the vaccine for use in healthy children. This article reviews the o...
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عنوان ژورنال: AJN, American Journal of Nursing
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0002-936X
DOI: 10.1097/01.naj.0000352478.78617.e2