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. 2021 Sep:15:62-63.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.07.011. Epub 2021 Jul 22.

Varicella zoster virus reactivation and mRNA vaccines as a trigger

Iñigo Lladó  1 , Alberto Fernández-Bernáldez  1 , Pedro Rodríguez-Jiménez  1
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Varicella zoster virus reactivation and mRNA vaccines as a trigger

Iñigo Lladó et al. JAAD Case Rep. 2021 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; herpes virus; herpes zoster; vaccines.

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