Impacts of routine varicella vaccination program and COVID-19 pandemic on varicella and herpes zoster incidence and health resource use among children in Japan

CONCLUSIONS: Varicella incidence and healthcare resource use were largely affected by the routine immunization program and infection prevention measures against COVID-19, while these impacts on herpes zoster were relatively small. Our study indicates that immunization and infection prevention measures largely changed pediatric infectious disease practices.PMID:37400282 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.06.054

Source: Herpes - July 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kazuhiro Uda Yusuke Okubo Mitsuru Tsuge Hirokazu Tsukahara Isao Miyairi Source Type: research