Varicella: Historical Perspective And Clinical Overview
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Varicella: historical perspective and clinical overview.
In immunocompetent children in Europe and the United States, varicella is usually a benign disease. However, infants born to women who acquire varicella during or shortly after pregnancy are at high risk of infection. For unknown reasons, the disease is more severe in adolescents and adults, with pneumonia the most common cause of death. Varicella may also be lethal in patients of any age in th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.supplement_3.s306