Seroepiderniology of varicella-zoster virus infection in a cosmopolitan city (Erzurum) in the eastern Turkey

Alp, H; Altinkaynak, S; Ertekin, VİLDAN; Kilicaslan, B; Giiraksin, A

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.03.008

Seroepiderniology of varicella-zoster virus infection in a cosmopolitan city (Erzurum) in the eastern Turkey

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Alp H., Altinkaynak S., Ertekin V. , Kilicaslan B., Giiraksin A.

HEALTH POLICY, vol.72, no.1, pp.119-124, 2005 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 72 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2005
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.03.008
Title of Journal : HEALTH POLICY
Page Numbers: pp.119-124

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine VZV seroprevalence under age 30 and to identify the relationship of VZV seroprevalence and several sociodemographic characteristics of the study subjects. The results were presented in order to design a strategy for vaccination against varicella-zoster virus (VZV).