The evaluation of chickenpox in the post-vaccination period in Turkey

Abstract

Aim: Chickenpox is a viral infectious disease capable of causing severe morbidity, and even mortality. The purpose of this studywas to determine the current position and demographic characteristics of cases of chickenpox following the addition of chickenpoxvaccination to the routine vaccine schedule in Turkey.Mateial and Methods: Patients aged 0-17 years presented to Adiyaman University Training and Research Hospital Pediatrics clinicsand diagnosed with chickenpox between January 2013 and December 2016 were included in the study. Data were analyzed onStatistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version 22.0, Chicago, IL, USA) software. p