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Breakthrough varicella in a cancer patient with persistent varicella antibody after one varicella vaccination

Yamada, M.; Kamberos, N.; Grose, C.

Journal of Pediatrics 163(5): 1511-1513

2013


ISSN/ISBN: 1097-6833
PMID: 23932212
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.06.043
Accession: 037326808

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A boy with Hodgkin disease contracted breakthrough varicella from his father, who had chickenpox. The boy had received a single varicella vaccination and was seropositive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before being diagnosed with breakthrough varicella. Seropositivity after a single varicella vaccination does not guarantee complete protection in an immunocompromised child.

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