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| Title |
Vaccines for post‐exposure prophylaxis against varicella (chickenpox) in children and adults
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd001833.pub3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kristine Macartney, Anita Heywood, Peter McIntyre |
| Abstract |
The prevention of varicella (chickenpox) using live attenuated varicella vaccines has been demonstrated both in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and in population-based immunisation programmes in countries such as the United States and Australia. Many countries do not routinely immunise children against varicella and exposures continue to occur. Although the disease is often mild, complications such as secondary bacterial infection, pneumonitis and encephalitis occur in about 1% of cases, usually leading to hospitalisation. The use of varicella vaccine in persons who have recently been exposed to the varicella zoster virus has been studied as a form of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 19% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Latvia | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 167 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 166 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 25 | 15% |
| Researcher | 18 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 25 | 15% |
| Unknown | 61 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 11% |
| Psychology | 6 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 11% |
| Unknown | 64 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 November 2023.
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#2,489,388
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#5,063
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#24,228
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Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#97
of 239 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 13,148 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 35.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its peers.
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