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Thursday, March 8, 2007: 10:30 AM-11:30 AM

L5: Changing Epidemiology and Diagnostics of Varicella in the Vaccine Era

This workshop will focus on diagnosing cases of varicella and the challenges that have resulted from the changing epidemiology of disease during the vaccine era.
Moderator:Rafael Harpaz
10:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
10:35 AMLaboratory Diagnositcs of Breakthrough Varicella Disease
Dana Perella
10:50 AMFirst Varicella Outbreak in the 2-Dose Era, Arkansas 2006
Philip Gould, Jessica Leung
11:05 AMStatus of Varicella Laboratory Diagnostics
Scott Schmid
11:20 AMDiscussion

The 41st National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC