Varicella zoster virus infections in Canadian children in the prevaccine era: A hospital-based study.

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Published in Can J Infect Dis on November 01, 1997

Authors

S Kuhn1, H D Davies, T Jadavji

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and The Child Health Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

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