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Household size is critical to varicella-zoster virus transmission in the tropics despite lower viral infectivity.

Epidemics - 1 Mar 2011

Nichols Richard A, Averbeck Karin T, Poulsen Anja G, al Bassam Mahmoud M, Cabral Fernando, Aaby Peter, Breuer Judith

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The epidemiology and severity of infections can vary dramatically in different geographical regions. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a particularly tractable model for investigating such global differences, since infections can be unambiguously identified. VZV is spread by aerosol to cause chickenpox, which, in temperate countries, is a relatively benign childhood infection; yet in tropical countries it tends to...

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PMID: 21420656
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2010.11.003
PMCID: PMC3072572

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