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What is the supply situation with varicella or chickenpox vaccine?

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What is the supply situation with varicella or chickenpox vaccine?

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Varicella vaccine supply rapidly declined at the end of 2001. The annual need for varicella vaccine in the United States is about 6 to 7 million doses or 500,000 – 583,000 doses per month. There have been significant amounts of varicella on backorder through the CDC contract since the beginning of 2002. CDC purchases about 60% of the varicella supply. Merck & Co. estimates an average of 60 days to fill these orders. Shortages are expected nationwide.

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