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Nature Reviews Neurology 1, 71 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0032

Varicella vaccination program: a success?

Rebecca Ireland

Zhou F et al. (2005) Impact of varicella vaccination on health care utilization. JAMA 294: 797–802 Following chickenpox, the varicella zoster virus remains latent in the nervous system; its reactivation causes the neurological disorder herpes zoster (shingles).