MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1998 May 15;47(18):365-8.
During the first quarter of 1998, the Texas Department of Health and the Iowa Department of Public Health notified CDC of three fatal cases of varicella (chickenpox) that occurred in children during 1997. All three children were unvaccinated. Two children contracted chickenpox from unvaccinated siblings, and the mode of exposure was unknown for the third. This report summarizes these cases and indicates that varicella-related deaths continue to occur among children in the United States despite the availability of vaccine and recommendations for its use in all susceptible children.
1998年第一季度，得克萨斯州卫生部和爱荷华州公共卫生部向疾病控制与预防中心通报了1997年期间发生在儿童中的3例水痘致死病例。所有3名儿童均未接种疫苗。两名儿童从未接种疫苗的兄弟姐妹那里感染了水痘，第三名儿童的接触方式不明。本报告总结了这些病例，并指出尽管有疫苗可供使用且建议对所有易感儿童接种，但美国仍有儿童死于水痘。
