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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun:12:58-59.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.04.014. Epub 2021 Apr 24.

Varicella-zoster virus reactivation after SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination: Report of 5 cases

Pedro Rodríguez-Jiménez  1 , Pablo Chicharro  1 , Luisa-Martos Cabrera  1 , Mireia Seguí  1 , Álvaro Morales-Caballero  2 , Mar Llamas-Velasco  1 , Javier Sánchez-Pérez  2
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Varicella-zoster virus reactivation after SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination: Report of 5 cases

Pedro Rodríguez-Jiménez et al. JAAD Case Rep. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; VZV, varicella-zoster virus; herpes virus; herpes zoster; pandemic.

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