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Case Reports
. 2017 Mar 4;13(3):572-573.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1235105.

HSV2 reactivation and myelitis following influenza vaccination

Allan Lieberman  1 , Luke Curtis  1
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Case Reports

HSV2 reactivation and myelitis following influenza vaccination

Allan Lieberman et al. Hum Vaccin Immunother. .

Abstract

We report the case of a 57 year-old woman who developed transverse myelitis and acute HSV-2 reactivation following influenza vaccination. Over the next 5 years, she experienced a fluctuating course of improvement and regression for both myelitis and herpes.

Keywords: herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2); influenza vaccination; myelitis.

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