Time Trends in Pediatric Hospitalizations for Varicella Infection Are Associated with Climatic Changes: A 22-Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Greek Referral Center

• Elena Critselis,

  Affiliation Second University Department of Pediatrics, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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• Panagiotis T. Nastos,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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• Kalliopi Theodoridou,

  Affiliation First University Department of Pediatrics, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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• Maria Theodoridou,

  Affiliation First University Department of Pediatrics, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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• Maria N. Tsolia,

  Affiliation Second University Department of Pediatrics, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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• Christos Hadjichristodoulou,

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Thessaly, Greece

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• Vassiliki Papaevangelou

  * E-mail: vpapaev@med.uoa.gr

  Affiliation Second University Department of Pediatrics, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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