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Reliability of a history of previous varicella infection in adults.

Wallace MR, Chamberlin CJ, Zerboni L, Sawyer MH, Oldfield EC, Olson PE, Arvin AM. JAMA. 1997; 278 (18): 1520-2

Apparent second episodes of varicella are reported in immunocompetent hosts, but laboratory confirmation of prior immune status has rarely been possible.

PubMedID: 9363973