Severe complications of chickenpox in hospitalised children in the UK and Ireland

Aims:To estimate the annual incidence of hospitalisations due to severe complications of varicella, describe the complications and estimate annual mortality.Methods:Active surveillance throughout the UK and Ireland for 13 months by paediatricians notifying cases to the British Paediatric Surveillanc...

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Published in:	Archives of disease in childhood 2007-12, Vol.92 (12), p.1062-1066
Main Authors:	Cameron, J C, Allan, G, Johnston, F, Finn, A, Heath, P T, Booy, R
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Admission and discharge Adolescent Age Distribution Bacterial infections Bacterial Infections - complications Biological and medical sciences Causes of Chickenpox Chickenpox - complications Chickenpox - mortality Child Child, Preschool Complications and side effects Demographic aspects Epidemiologic Methods Female General aspects Hospital admission and discharge Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Ireland - epidemiology Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Opportunistic Infections - complications Original Patient outcomes Prevention Prevention and actions Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Risk factors Seasons Surveys United Kingdom - epidemiology Viral diseases Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye
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