The Incidence of Zoster after Immunization with Live Attenuated Varicella Vaccine
- 28 November 1991
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (22), 1545-1550
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199111283252204
Abstract
The Oka strain of live attenuated varicella vaccine is immunogenic and highly protective, but there has been concern about the risk of zoster after immunization.Keywords
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