Expanded spectrum of varicella disease and the need for vaccination in India

• Main Authors: Padma Srikanth (Author), Ilakkiya Arumugam (Author), Seetha N. Jeganathan (Author), Rithvik Ramesh (Author), Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan (Author), Shanthi Vijayaraghavan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACTVaricella vaccine was first licensed in Japan and South Korea in 1989 for use in healthy children and was introduced in US in 1995. So far, 29 countries have adopted varicella vaccine in their universal immunization program (UIP). No Asian country, India included, has adopted the varicella v...