“… 11–13 A recent national birth-cohort study 14 among Korean children confirmed that there is at least a moderate level (49.9–86.1%) of one-dose vaccine effectiveness against VZV, although it may have been underestimated. 11 , 13 On the other hand, the same research group 9 , 10 of the erroneous case–control study has continued to argue that the incidence rate of varicella cases in Korea has increased even after the national varicella immunization program. However, as we said elsewhere, 11 their argument has been based on data from the Korea National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System in which only varicella cases notified by medical doctors and other responsible persons are included and counted.…”