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- Title
Varicella Vaccine in the United States: A Decade of Prevention and the Way Forward.
- Authors
Gershon, Anne A.; Arvin, Ann M.; Levin, Myron J.; Seward, Jane F.; Scott Schmid, D.
- Abstract
The article introduces a "Journal of Infectious Disease" supplement which presents updated summaries of the presentations at the "Colloquium on the Varicella Vaccine: A Decade of Prevention and The Way Forward." The meeting on November 7, 2005, was sponsored by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City. This supplement also includes additional information that has emerged regarding the varicella vaccine since that time. This supplement is dedicated to the scientific achievement of varicella vaccine developer Michiaki Takahashi and to the memory of Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Research Foundation founder Richard T. Perkin and VZV researcher Stephen Straus.
- Subjects
NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State); VACCINES; VARICELLA-zoster virus; VACCINATION; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; TAKAHASHI, Michiaki; STRAUS, Stephen; PERKIN, Richard T.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008, Vol 197, pS39
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/522165