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Vaccine Safety
Provider Education
Materials for Patients
- Chickenpox Fact Sheet for Parents
- Chickenpox: Questions and Answers, Immunization Action Coalition
- Chickenpox Vaccine Information Statement
Clinical Information on Disease
Published Recommendations and Resources
- Varicella Vaccination Recommendations: Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel
- Prevention of Varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
- Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections. In: Redbook: 2018 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Shapiro ED, Vazquez M, Esposito D, Holabird N, Steinberg SP, Dziura J, et al. Effectiveness of 2 doses of varicella vaccine in children. J Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;203(3):312-5.
- Marin M, Meissner HC, Seward JF. Varicella prevention in the United States: a review of successes and challenges. Pediatrics. 2008 Sep;122(3):e744-51. Review.
- Chaves SS, Gargiullo P, Zhang JX, Civen R, Guris D, Mascola L, et al. Loss of vaccine-induced immunity to varicella over time. N Engl J Med. 2007 Mar 15;356(11):1121-9.
- Kuter B, Matthews H, Shinefield H, Black S, Dennehy P, Watson B, et al. Ten year follow-up of healthy children who received one or two injections of varicella vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004;23:132-7.
- Vázquez M, LaRussa PS, Gershon AA, Niccolai LM, Muehlenbein CE, Steinberg SP, Shapiro ED. Effectiveness over time of varicella vaccine. JAMA. 2004 Feb 18;291(7):851-5.
- Johnson CE, Stancin T, Fattlar D, Rome LP, Kumar ML. A long-term prospective study of varicella vaccine in healthy children. Pediatrics. 1997;100:761-6.
- Asano Y, Suga S, Yoshikawa T, Kobavashi I, Yazaki T, Shibata M, et al. Experience and reason: twenty-year follow-up of protective immunity of the Oka strain live varicella vaccine. Pediatrics. 1994;94:524-6.
Other References and Resources
- Pink Book’s Chapter on General Recommendations on Immunization