Transmission of a Newly Characterized Strain of Varicella‐Zoster Virus from a Patient with Herpes Zoster in a Long‐Term‐Care Facility, West Virginia, 2004
Open Access
- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 197 (5) , 646-653
- https://doi.org/10.1086/527419
Abstract
We investigated a small outbreak of varicella in a long-term-care facility after a case of herpes zoster. Clinical specimens and environmental sampleKeywords
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