Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US

Fact Sheet

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Fact sheet

Infectious Disease Textbook

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Pink Book) – Chapter on Varicella
• UK Health Security Agency. Immunisation against infectious disease (Green Book) – Chapter on Varicella (August 2018)

Clinical Information and Management

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Systematic review on the incubation and infectiousness / shedding period of communicable diseases in children (June 2016)
• Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. Chickenpox in Pregnancy (Green-top Guideline No. 13, January 2015)

Vaccination

• World Health Organization (WHO) Position paper. Varicella and herpes zoster vaccines (June 2014)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Varicella ACIP Vaccine Recommendations
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. MMRV ACIP Vaccine Recommendations (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella)