Caution When Assessing Immunity to Varicella Through Antibody Testing in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2017 Oct;23(10):E50-E51. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000001239.

Authors

Freddy Caldera¹, Sharmeel K Wasan, Francis A Farraye, Mary S Hayney

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin †Section of Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts ‡School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

PMID: 28906295
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000001239

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Chickenpox / diagnosis*
Chickenpox / immunology*
Chickenpox / prevention & control
Chickenpox / virology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / immunology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / complications*
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / virology
Prognosis
Vaccination

Substances

Antibodies, Viral