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The live attenuated varicella vaccine is the only vaccine licensed for the prevention of a disease caused by a human herpesvirus. The origin of the vaccine can be traced back to 1952, when Weller and Stoddard recovered varicella–zoster virus by cell culture and reported the first successful propagation of a herpesvirus in vitro.¹ In 1974, Takahashi and colleagues attenuated the wild-type Oka strain by serial passage in guinea-pig and human cells, while preserving its immunogenicity after subcutaneous inoculation.² Clinical trials of varicella vaccine were initiated in the United States in 1980, leading to approval by the Food and Drug Administration . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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