Herpes zoster risk and vaccination in inflammatory bowel disease patients
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly those on systemic immunosuppression, have been shown to be at increased risk of herpes zoster infection. Herpes zoster (also known as shingles) is a condition resulting from reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox....
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32961 |