Study Identifies Varicella Outbreak In NYC Among Central, South American Migrants

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/3, McSwiggin) reported, “An outbreak of varicella in New York City among individuals who migrated to the United States from or through Central and South America highlights the [importance] of large-scale efforts to improve varicella vaccination coverage. These study findings were published in [the] Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.” In the outbreak, “873 outbreak-associated varicella cases have been linked to individuals who migrated from these regions.”