Understanding the role of exogenous boosting in modeling varicella vaccination

Understanding the role of exogenous boosting in modeling varicella vaccination

Introduction: The exogenous boosting (EB) hypothesis posits that cell-mediated immunity is boosted for individuals reexposed to varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Historically, mathematical models of the impact of universal childhood varicella vaccination (UVV) have used limited data to capture EB and of...

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Main Authors: Sandra E. Talbird, Elizabeth M. La, Josephine Mauskopf, Alexandra Altland, Vince Daniels, Lara J. Wolfson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-11-01
Series:Expert Review of Vaccines
Subjects:
varicella
herpes zoster
exogenous boosting
vaccine
vaccination
chickenpox
shingles
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2018.1538801

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2018.1538801

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