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- Title
Contacts with varicella or with children and protection against herpes zoster in adults: a case-control study.
- Authors
Thomas, Sara L; Wheeler, Jeremy G; Hall, Andrew J
- Abstract
Whether exogenous exposure to varicella-zoster-virus protects individuals with latent varicella-zoster virus infection against herpes zoster by boosting immunity is not known. To test the hypothesis that contacts with children increase exposure to varicella-zoster virus and protect latently infected adults against zoster, we did a case-control study in south London, UK.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2002, Vol 360, Issue 9334, p678
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09837-9