Journal article
The changing epidemiology of chickenpox in Alberta
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Varicella vaccine was licensed in Canada in 1998. The province of Alberta introduced a universal publicly funded varicella vaccination program in 2001.
PURPOSE: To describe the epidemiology of non-fatal cases of chickenpox for which publicly funded health services were utilized for the period 1986-2002.
Authors
Russell ML; Svenson LW; Yiannakoulias N; Schopflocher DP; Virani SN; Grimsrud K
Journal
Vaccine, Vol. 23, No. 46-47, pp. 5398–5403
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2005
DOI
10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.05.008
ISSN
0264-410X