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Article: Few saw need for 2nd varicella dose.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief article)
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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A majority of 610 primary care physicians surveyed before the recommendation for a second dose of varicella vaccine said that the current level of breakthrough varicella disease in their practices was acceptable, Dr. Matthew Davis of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his associates reported.
Although varicella vaccination rates in the United States reached 88% by 2004, the number of reported cases has remained steady during the past 3-4 years; the effectiveness of the vaccine has been from 70% to 90%, according to recently published outbreak investigations. In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization ...