Understanding the role of exogenous boosting in modeling varicella vaccination

• Main Authors: Sandra E. Talbird (Author), Elizabeth M. La (Author), Josephine Mauskopf (Author), Alexandra Altland (Author), Vince Daniels (Author), Lara J. Wolfson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The exogenous boosting (EB) hypothesis posits that cell-mediated immunity is boosted for individuals reexposed to varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Historically, mathematical models of the impact of universal childhood varicella vaccination (UVV) have used limited data to capture EB and of...