Varicella in Adult Foreigners at a Referral Hospital, Central Tokyo, Japan, 2012-2016

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2019 Dec 20

PMID 31855138

Citations 4

Authors

Saho Takaya

Satoshi Kutsuna

Yuichi Katanami

Kei Yamamoto

Nozomi Takeshita

Kayoko Hayakawa

Yasuyuki Kato

Shuzo Kanagawa

Norio Ohmagari

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Abstract

We report a case series of varicella among adult foreigners at a referral hospital in central Tokyo, Japan, during 2012-2016. This series highlights differences in varicella vaccination schedules by country and epidemiology by climate and identifies immigrants and international students as high-risk populations for varicella.

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