Acknowledgment
The author would like to thank Dr Charmaine Gauci, Dr
Gianfranco Spiteri and Mr Peter Grech, all from the Disease
Surveillance Unit, Malta, for providing data on Varicella
notification. In addition the author thanks Dr Victoria Farrugia
Sant’Angelo from the Primary Health Care Department,
Malta for providing information on the uptake of the Varicella
vaccine, Ms Suzanne Mifsud and Dr John J. Borg, both from the
Medicines Authority, Malta for providing data on adverse drug
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reactions reported following the use of the Varicella vaccine and
Mr Shawn S. Borg, from the National Statistics Office, Malta,
for providing the data on the population size which were used
to work out the local incidence rates of Varicella.