Varicella (chickenpox)


PUBLISHED: 2012 CATEGORY: Parents, Adults, Health care providers, New Canadians TYPE: External Link Varicella (Chickenpox)

Varicella (Chickenpox)

Offers information on varicella (chickenpox), its causes, risks, symptoms, prevention, treatment, surveillance, and specific information for health professionals.

Corporate Authors: Public Health Agency of Canada
Publisher: Public Health Agency of Canada

PUBLISHED: 2010 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Does chickenpox vaccine protect against necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) in children? (Mt Sinai Hospital)

Does chickenpox vaccine protect against necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) in children? (Mt Sinai Hospital)

Outlines a study which confirmed chickenpox as one of the single most important risk factors for acquisition of serious group A streptococcal infection (which can lead to more serious illnesses, including flesh-eating disease) in children.

Authors: Green Karen
Corporate Authors: Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
Publisher: Mount Sinai Hospital

PUBLISHED: 2010 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Literature review on one-dose and two-dose varicella vaccination

Literature review on one-dose and two-dose varicella vaccination

In 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved a routine 2-dose varicella vaccination schedule for children. The purpose of this document is to review information on the epidemiology of varicella, compare the effectiveness of one dose of varicella vaccine with two doses, and to consider a potential change to the current National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommendation for a one-dose childhood varicella vaccination program.

Authors: Campbell A et al.
Journal Issue: ACS-10
Journal Title: Canada Communicable Disease Report
Journal Volume: 36
Publisher: Public Health Agency of Canada

PUBLISHED: 2010 CATEGORY: TYPE: External Link Revue de la littérature sur la vaccination contre la varicelle à l'aide d'une ou de deux doses

Revue de la littérature sur la vaccination contre la varicelle à l'aide d'une ou de deux doses

En 2006, l’Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) des États-Unis a approuvé un calendrier d’immunisation systématique des enfants contre la varicelle prévoyant l’administration de deux doses. L’objet du présent rapport est d’examiner l’information dont on dispose sur l’épidémiologie de la varicelle, de déterminer si l’administration de deux doses du vaccin antivaricelleux est plus efficace qu’une seule dose et d’étudier la possibilité de modifier la recommandation du Comité consultatif national de l’immunisation (CCNI), qui préconise actuellement l’administration d’une seule dose du vaccin chez les enfants.

Authors: Campbell A et al.
Journal Issue: ACS-10
Journal Title: Relevé des maladies transmissibles au Canada
Journal Volume: 36
Publisher: Agence de la santé publique du Canada

PUBLISHED: 2006 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFCanadian adult national immunization coverage (Adult NICS) survey 2006

Canadian adult national immunization coverage (Adult NICS) survey 2006

Provides a broad measure of coverage of six vaccinations (influenza, pneumococcal disease, hepatitis A and B, pertussis, varicella, and tetanus) among the adult Canadian population.

Corporate Authors: Environics Research Group
Publisher: Environics Research Group

PUBLISHED: 2004 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Decline in varicella-related hospitalizations and expenditures for children and adults after introduction of varicella vaccine in the United States

Decline in varicella-related hospitalizations and expenditures for children and adults after introduction of varicella vaccine in the United States

Describes a study which examined trends in varicella-related hospitalization rates and associated charges before and after the introduction of varicella vaccine

Authors: Davis Matthew M., Patel Mitesh S., Gebremariam Achamyeleh
Corporate Authors: Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
Journal Issue: 3
Journal Title: Pediatrics
Journal Volume: 114
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Pubmed: 15342855

PUBLISHED: 2004 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFEffectiveness over time of varicella vaccine

Effectiveness over time of varicella vaccine

Assesses whether the effectiveness of varicella vaccine is affected either by time since vaccination or by age at the time of vaccination.

Authors: Vázquez Marietta, LaRussa Philip S., Gershon Anne A., Niccolai Linda M., Muehlenbein Catherine E., Steinberg Sharon P., Shapiro Eugene D.
Corporate Authors: Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
Journal Issue: 7
Journal Title: JAMA : Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal Volume: 291
Publisher: American Medical Association
Pubmed: 14970064

PUBLISHED: 2003 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Canada's first universal varicella immunization program : lessons from Prince Edward Island

Canada's first universal varicella immunization program : lessons from Prince Edward Island

Describes the first universal varicella immunization program in Canada.

Authors: Sweet L et al.
Journal Issue: 1
Journal Title: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology
Journal Volume: 14
Publisher: Pulsus

PUBLISHED: 2003 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFNecrotizing fasciitis secondary to chickenpox infection in children

Necrotizing fasciitis secondary to chickenpox infection in children

Reviews the diagnostic features of necrotizing fasciitis and analyzes treatment methods to control and eradicate this infection.

Authors: Clark Peter, Davidson Darin, Letts Mervyn, Lawton Lou, Jawadi Ayman
Corporate Authors: Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
Journal Issue: 1
Journal Title: Canadian Journal of Surgery
Journal Volume: 46
Publisher: Canadian Medical Association
Pubmed: 12585787