ALLMedicine™ Varicella Center

Mar 15th, 2022 - Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the etiologic agent of varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles) infections commonly involving skin, mucous membranes, and less frequently the central nervous system. Traditional methods for the laboratory...

Mar 14th, 2022 - International consensus guidelines to vaccinate children after solid organ transplant with the live-attenuated varicella (VZV) vaccine exclude pediatric heart transplant recipients due to insufficient evidence for safety, seroconversion rate, or a...

Dec 31st, 2021 - Pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients are often transplanted at a young age, precluding them from receiving live virus vaccinations (LVV) such as varicella (VZV) vaccine and measles, mumps and rubella. This places them at profound risk for va...

Nov 23rd, 2021 - Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chickenpox) are serious diseases that can lead to serious complications, disability, and death. However, public debate over the safety of the trivalent MMR vaccine and the resultant drop in vaccination cover...

Nov 11th, 2021 - Limited data are available regarding the seroprevalence of measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) among emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Japan. The present study aimed to review a project to evaluate adequate immunity against MMRV fo...

VARIZIG [Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin (Human)] is indicated in the United States for post-exposure prophylaxis of varicella (chickenpox) in high risk patient groups including immunocompromised children, newborns, and pregnant women. VARIZIG is...

Jul 30th, 2019 - Children who received one or two doses of an MMR-containing vaccine maintained an antibody count well above the seropositivity threshold 10 years after receiving the vaccine, according to Stephane Carryn, PhD, of GlaxoSmithKline and associates. In.

Jun 16th, 2019 - MADRID – Administration of live attenuated booster of the MMR vaccine with or without varicella (MMR/V) was not associated with serious adverse events in children on immunosuppressive therapy for a rheumatic disease, according to data presented at.

Aug 14th, 2015 - Varicella (chickenpox) has continued to decline in the United States as vaccination coverage with the two-dose program has increased, according to a retrospective cohort study published online August 12 in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious D...

Aug 14th, 2015 - Varicella (chickenpox) has continued to decline in the United States as vaccination coverage with the two-dose program has increased, according to a retrospective cohort study published online August 12 in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious D...

Jan 6th, 2015 - A comparison of the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine with the separate measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) + varicella (MMR + V) vaccines revealed no new safety concerns. The new study, published online January 5 in Pediatrics, provides reas...