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Can COVID-19 Increase the Risk of Herpes Zoster? A Narrative Review

Herpes zoster (HZ) is associated with substantial morbidity. It is caused by reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) following decline in cell-mediated immunity, which is commonly age-related, but also occurs in individuals with immunosuppressive diseases and/or treatment. Since coro...

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Autores principales: Diez-Domingo, Javier, Parikh, Raunak, Bhavsar, Amit B., Cisneros, Elisa, McCormick, Natalia, Lecrenier, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8126597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33999370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13555-021-00549-1