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Herpes zoster, an inflammatory human disease caused by varicella-zoster virus, is characterized by papulovesicular lesions along the distribution of a sensory nerve. Herpes zoster infection, known to be benign in normal children, is more frequent and severe in immunosuppressed patients and is associated primarily with increased morbidity rather than mortality. We analysed retrospectively the clinical manifestations of herpes zoster infections... |
