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Prevention of shingles: safety and efficacy of live zoster vaccine

Primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox (varicella) after which virus becomes latent in cranial nerve, dorsal root and autonomic ganglia along the entire neuraxis. Virus may later reactivate, causing shingles (zoster), characterized by pain and rash restricted to 1–3 de...

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Autores principales: Quan, Dianna, Cohrs, Randall J, Mahalingam, Ravi, Gilden, Donald H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18472986