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Varicella Zoster Virus Spicific IgG Antibody Titer in Vaccinated and Infected Children
Young Eun Lee, Eun Ae Park, Kyung hee Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(7):934-942.   Published online July 15, 1996
Purpose : Varicella is mild self limited disease with vesicular skin eruption but highly contagious and accompanied many complications. Especially, varicella is fatal in leukemic children and immunocompromised children. The live varicella zoster virus was first developed by Takahashi et al. in the 1974. This vaccine has now been licensed for general use in Europe and the United States as well as in Korea.. The...
Immune response induced by live attenuated varicella vaccine(Biken@) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Hyo Seop Ahn, Joong Gon Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(9):1255-1260.   Published online September 30, 1991
To determine the safety and efficacy of varicella vaccine, we studied 10 healthy children and 12 children in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. They were immunized with the Oka strain of live attenuated varicella vaccine (Biken®). All the healthy children and 6 children with leukemia received the vaccine of 1,000 plaque-forming units (PFU), and 6 leukemic children received the vaccine of 500 PFU. The...
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