Chickenpox (Varicella)
Reporting Guidelines |
Protocol |
Current Case Definition |
Required Forms
General Information |
Surveillance Data |
Other Links
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Reporting Guidelines:
- Within 1 week to local health department.
Protocol:
- West Virginia IDEP Protocol
- AICP Provisional Recommendations for Prevention of Varicella (PDF, 91kb)
Current Case Definition:
Required Forms:
- Influenza/Chickenpox Aggregate Report (Used for reporting weekly totals only)
- WVEDSS Varicella (Chickenpox) Case Report
- WVEDSS Varicella (Chickenpox) Death Case Report
- Varicella (Chickenpox) Case Report (PDF, 38kb)
- Varicella (Chickenpox) Death Case Report (PDF, 44kb)
- West Virginia Chickenpox Outbreak Investigation Line List
General Information:
- Provider Information
- Public Information
- Sample Provider Health Alert: PDF Format or Word
- Sample Letter to Parents (RTF, 15kb)
Surveillance Data:
Other Links:
- Prevention of Herpes Zoster - Recommendations of the ACIP
- Prevention of Varicella - Recommendations of the ACIP
- CDC Information: Varicella
- CDC Sample Parent Alert Letter: PDF Format or Rich-Text Format
- Sample Provider Health Alert: PDF Format or Rich-Text Format
- Collecting Varicella Zoster Virus (Chickenpox and Shingles) Specimens
- A new product (VariZIG™) for postexposure prophylaxis Varicella available under an investigational new drug application expanded access protocol
- ACIP Recommendations for the Use of Zoster Vaccine
- CDC Press Release: CDC Advisory Committee Recommends "Shingles" Vaccination
- CDC Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women
This page was last updated 05/16/2008.
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