Julia Rozenberg, Kenneth Lynch, Thomas Miner, Daryl Appleton, Adena J Osband
An Easily Implemented, Inexpensive, Useful Novel Surgical Intern Wellness Initiative
Journal of surgical education
japan routine administration oneyearold children twodose immunization varicella introduced october 2014 object object study report outbreaks varicella routine immunization nursery school surrounding area using data surrounding areas nursery school absenteeism surveillance system measured effectiveness routine twodose immunization varicella onset tentatively assessed severity nursery school study period extended april 2017 march 2018 study area comprised nursery school b nursery schools elementary junior high schools city subjects nursery school b 120 children analyzed vaccine effectiveness observational study assessed severity using fishers exact test also assessed severity using linear regression severity defined length nursery school absence attributable varicella infection one month preceding period two weeks initial case nursery school b 16 cases varicella infection nursery schools 45 cases elementary schools one case junior high schools city children received one vaccine dose 481 ages 492 among children three years old older significant infection found vaccination using one dose reduce severity significantly many nursery school children received two doses vaccine infected estimated low nursery school significant although severity one dose confirmed second dose might reduce severity compared one dose