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Chickenpox (Varicella) - References

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Gershon AA (2009). Varicella-zoster virus. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2077-2088. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Varicella-zoster infections. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 714-727. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

Other Works Consulted

Habif TP, et al. (2005). Varicella (chicken pox) section of Viral infections. In Skin Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd ed., pp. 204-209. Philadelphia: Elsevier Mosby.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). A new product (VariZIG™) for postexposure prophylaxis of varicella available under an investigational new drug application expanded access protocol. MMWR, 55(8): 209-210. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5508.pdf.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Prevention of varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 56(RR-4): 1-48. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5604.pdf.

Gershon AA, et al. (2008). Varicella vaccine. In SA Plotkin et al., eds., Vaccines, 5th ed., pp. 915-958. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Habif TP (2010). Varicella section of Warts, herpes simplex, and other viral infections. In Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy, 5th ed., pp. 474-478. Edinburgh: Mosby Elsevier.

Hirsch MS (2007). Herpesvirus infections. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 7, chap. 26. New York: WebMD.

Strauss SE, et al. (2008). Varicella and herpes zoster. In K Wolff et al., eds., Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1885-1898. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Swingler G (2007). Chickenpox, search date March 2007. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence (12).

Whitley RJ (2010). Varicella-zoster virus. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1963-1969. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

Wolff K, Johnson RA (2009). Varicella zoster virus infections. In Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 6th ed., pp. 831-836. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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Last Updated: July 30, 2010

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