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Varicella Vaccine

Selected References:

  • Bohlke K, et al. 2003. Postpartum varicella vaccination: is the vaccine virus excreted in breast milk? Obstet Gynecol; 102(5 Pt 1):970-7.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1996. Prevention of varicella. MMWR; 45(RR-11);1-36.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2013. Updated Recommendations for Use of VariZIG — United States, 2013. MMWR. 62(28):574-576.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for vaccinating pregnant women (2012, updated 2016). http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/preg-guide.htm
  • Chan DYL, et al. 2017. Human varicella zoster virus is not present in the semen of a man affected by chickenpox during the in vitro fertilisation of is wife. Andrologia 49(10):e12822.
  • Cohen A, et al. Congenital varicella syndrome: the evidence for secondary prevention with varicella-zoster immune globulin. CMAJ:183(2):204-208.
  • Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics. 1995. Recommendations for the use of live attenuated varicella vaccine. Pediatrics; 95:791-796.
  • Frederick IB, et al. 1986. Excretion of varicella-herpes zoster in breast milk. Am J Obstet Gynecol; 154:1116-1117.
  • Gruslin A, et al; SOGC. 2008. Immunization in pregnancy: No. 220, December 2008. Int J Gynaecol Obstet; 105(2):187-191.
  • Hayward K, et al. 2018. Management of herpes zoster (shingles) during pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol 38(7):887-894.
  • Marin M, et al. 2013. Closure of Varicella-Zoster Virus-Containing Vaccines Pregnancy Registry – United States. MMWR 63(33);732-733.
  • National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. 2011. General recommendations on immunization — recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep 60(2):1-64. Erratum in: MMWR Recomm Rep 2011;60:993.
  • Psarris A, et.al. 2019. Immunizations during pregnancy: How, when and why.  Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol Sep;240:29-35.
  • Woodward M, et. al. 2019. Varicella virus vaccine live: A 22-year review of postmarketing safety data. Open Forum Infect Dis 6(8):ofz295.