Varicella: Historical perspective and clinical overview

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages

  Weller, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0029973942     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.supplement_3.s306     Document Type: Review

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