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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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-07-01
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Series: | Expert Review of Vaccines |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2017.1329012 |