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Burden of herpes zoster in 16 selected immunocompromised populations in England: a cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink 2000–2012

OBJECTIVES: Herpes zoster (HZ) is caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus which remains latent in individuals after a varicella infection. It is expected that HZ will be more frequent in immunocompromised (IC) individuals than in immunocompetent (IC-free). This study assessed the incidence...

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Autores principales: Yanni, Emad A., Ferreira, Germano, Guennec, Morgane, El Hahi, Yassine, El Ghachi, Amale, Haguinet, François, Espie, Emmanuelle, Bianco, Veronique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6009512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29880565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020528