Vaccine profile of herpes zoster (HZ/su) subunit vaccine

Introduction: Herpes zoster (HZ) causes an often severe and painful rash in older people and may be complicated by prolonged pain (postherpetic neuralgia; PHN) and by dissemination in immune-compromised patients. HZ results from reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, often as...

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Main Authors: Anthony L. Cunningham, Thomas Heineman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-07-01
Series:Expert Review of Vaccines
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2017.1329012