Varicella epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean

Espinal, Carlos; Chaparro, Luis Eduardo; Ávila-Agüero, Maria L.; Catalina Pírez, María; Marques-Rosa, Fabiano; González Mata, Antonio José; Vázquez-Rivera, Mirella; Macías Parra, Mercedes; Deseda, Carmen; Falleiros-Arlant, Luiza Helena; Debbag, Roberto; Beltrán, Sandra; Castillo, José Brea Del; Castillo Díaz, María Esther

dc.contributor.author	Ávila-Agüero, Maria L.
dc.contributor.author	Beltrán, Sandra
dc.contributor.author	Castillo, José Brea Del
dc.contributor.author	Castillo Díaz, María Esther
dc.contributor.author	Chaparro, Luis Eduardo
dc.contributor.author	Deseda, Carmen
dc.contributor.author	Debbag, Roberto
dc.contributor.author	Espinal, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Falleiros-Arlant, Luiza Helena
dc.contributor.author	González Mata, Antonio José
dc.contributor.author	Macías Parra, Mercedes
dc.contributor.author	Marques-Rosa, Fabiano
dc.contributor.author	Catalina Pírez, María
dc.contributor.author	Vázquez-Rivera, Mirella
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-03T17:02:34Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-03T17:02:34Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4266
dc.description.abstract	INTRODUCTION: The Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE), with the support of the Americas Health Foundation (AHF), has developed a position paper on varicella prevention in Latin America and Caribbean countries (LAC). This article summarizes the most relevant aspects of varicella in LAC, and emphasizes the need to include the varicella vaccine in the national immunization programs in the Region and evaluate its impact disease burden. Areas covered: A systematic review was conducted of the medical evidence published and presented at various regional medical conferences on the disease burden in LAC, the advances made by prevention programs, the available vaccines in the Region, and their immunogenicity, efficacy, effectiveness, and safety. The different national varicella-prevention vaccination programs were reviewed, as was available information regarding the impact of these programs on the epidemiology of varicella in those countries implementing a varicella vaccine strategy. Following that initial publication, an update was conducted, including data from additional countries in the Region. Expert commentary: Varicella is a vaccine-preventable infectious disease, considered a 'benign disease' because of lower complication rates when compared with measles, pertussis. The incorporation of a two-dose varicella vaccine in national immunization schedules in all countries throughout LAC would be of great benefit to the health of the children.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Expert Review of Vaccines
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Expert Review of Vaccines
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Latin America	en_US
dc.subject	epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Child	en_US
dc.subject	Caribbean Region	en_US
dc.subject	Chickenpox	en_US
dc.subject	Chickenpox Vaccine	en_US
dc.subject	children	en_US
dc.subject	complications	en_US
dc.subject	Cost of Illness	en_US
dc.subject	hospitalizations	en_US
dc.subject	Immunization Programs	en_US
dc.subject	Immunization Schedule	en_US
dc.subject	seasonality	en_US
dc.subject	vaccine	en_US
dc.subject	Varicella	en_US
dc.title	Varicella epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2018.1418327
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2018.1418327
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.03
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.03
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.05
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.03
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.03
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.01.05
dc.relation.issn	1744-8395