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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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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 |